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Document 62019TA0363
Case T-363/19 and T-456/19: Judgment of the General Court of 8 June 2022 — United Kingdom and ITV v Commission (State aid — Aid scheme implemented by the United Kingdom in favour of certain multinational groups — Decision declaring the aid scheme incompatible with the internal market and unlawful and ordering the recovery of the aid paid — Advance tax rulings — Tax regime relating to the financing of groups and concerning in particular controlled foreign companies — Selective tax advantages)
Case T-363/19 and T-456/19: Judgment of the General Court of 8 June 2022 — United Kingdom and ITV v Commission (State aid — Aid scheme implemented by the United Kingdom in favour of certain multinational groups — Decision declaring the aid scheme incompatible with the internal market and unlawful and ordering the recovery of the aid paid — Advance tax rulings — Tax regime relating to the financing of groups and concerning in particular controlled foreign companies — Selective tax advantages)
Case T-363/19 and T-456/19: Judgment of the General Court of 8 June 2022 — United Kingdom and ITV v Commission (State aid — Aid scheme implemented by the United Kingdom in favour of certain multinational groups — Decision declaring the aid scheme incompatible with the internal market and unlawful and ordering the recovery of the aid paid — Advance tax rulings — Tax regime relating to the financing of groups and concerning in particular controlled foreign companies — Selective tax advantages)
OJ C 294, 1.8.2022, p. 21–22
(BG, ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, GA, HR, IT, LV, LT, HU, MT, NL, PL, PT, RO, SK, SL, FI, SV)
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1.8.2022 |
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Official Journal of the European Union |
C 294/21 |
Judgment of the General Court of 8 June 2022 — United Kingdom and ITV v Commission
(Case T-363/19 and T-456/19) (1)
(State aid - Aid scheme implemented by the United Kingdom in favour of certain multinational groups - Decision declaring the aid scheme incompatible with the internal market and unlawful and ordering the recovery of the aid paid - Advance tax rulings - Tax regime relating to the financing of groups and concerning in particular controlled foreign companies - Selective tax advantages)
(2022/C 294/29)
Language of the case: English
Parties
Applicant in case T-363/19: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (represented by: F. Shibli and S. McCrory, acting as Agents, and by P. Baker QC, and T. Johnston, Barrister)
Applicants in case T-456/19: ITV plc (London, United Kingdom) (represented by: J. Lesar, Solicitor, and K. Beal QC)
Defendant: European Commission (represented by: L. Flynn, S. Noë and B. Stromsky, acting as Agents and, in Case T 456/19, by M. Clayton and M. Segura Catalán, lawyers)
Interveners in support of the defendant in case T-456/19: United Kingdom (represented by: F. Shibli and S. McCrory, acting as Agents, and by P. Baker QC, and T. Johnston, Barrister), LSEGH (Luxembourg) Ltd (London), London Stock Exchange Group Holdings (Italy) Ltd (London) (represented by: A. von Bonin, O. Brouwer and A. Pliego Selie, lawyers)
Re:
Applications under Article 263 TFEU seeking annulment of Commission Decision (EU) 2019/1352 of 2 April 2019 on the State aid SA.44896 implemented by the United Kingdom concerning CFC Group Financing Exemption (OJ 2019 L 216, p. 1).
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
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Joins Cases T-363/19 and T-456/19 for the purposes of the present judgment; |
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Dismisses the actions; |
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Orders the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland to bear its own costs and to pay those incurred by the European Commission in Case T-363/19; |
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Orders ITV plc to bear its own costs and to pay those incurred by the Commission in Case T-456/19; |
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Orders LSEGH (Luxembourg) Ltd and London Stock Exchange Group Holdings (Italy) Ltd to bear their own costs; |
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Orders the United Kingdom to bear its own costs in Case T-456/19. |