Judgment of the General Court (Sixth Chamber, Extended Composition) of 14 September 2022.#Helsingin kaupunki v European Commission.#State aid – Coach and bus transport – Equipment loan and capital loans granted by the City of Helsinki – Decision declaring the aid incompatible with the internal market and ordering its recovery – Existing aid – Advantage – Application of the private creditor criterion in a market economy test – Public status of the debtor – Taking into account an existing aid scheme – Application of the private investor criterion in a market economy test – Economic continuity – Procedural rights of the interested parties – Article 108(2) TFEU – Obligation to state reasons – General principles of EU law.#Case T-597/19.

Judgment of the General Court (Sixth Chamber, Extended Composition) of 14 September 2022.
Helsingin kaupunki v European Commission.
State aid – Coach and bus transport – Equipment loan and capital loans granted by the City of Helsinki – Decision declaring the aid incompatible with the internal market and ordering its recovery – Existing aid – Advantage – Application of the private creditor criterion in a market economy test – Public status of the debtor – Taking into account an existing aid scheme – Application of the private investor criterion in a market economy test – Economic continuity – Procedural rights of the interested parties – Article 108(2) TFEU – Obligation to state reasons – General principles of EU law.
Case T-597/19.

Judgment of the General Court (Sixth Chamber, Extended Composition) of 14 September 2022.
Helsingin kaupunki v European Commission.
State aid – Coach and bus transport – Equipment loan and capital loans granted by the City of Helsinki – Decision declaring the aid incompatible with the internal market and ordering its recovery – Existing aid – Advantage – Application of the private creditor criterion in a market economy test – Public status of the debtor – Taking into account an existing aid scheme – Application of the private investor criterion in a market economy test – Economic continuity – Procedural rights of the interested parties – Article 108(2) TFEU – Obligation to state reasons – General principles of EU law.
Case T-597/19.

ECLI identifier: ECLI:EU:T:2022:554