27.6.2016   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 232/13


Judgment of the General Court of 12 May 2016 — Hamr — Sport v Commission

(Case T-693/14) (1)

((State aid - Sports facilities provided by non-profit organisations - Operating or investment subsidies seeking to enable the construction, operation, maintenance, reconstruction or development of sports facilities which are non-profit - Decision declaring the aid to be compatible with the internal market - Article 107(3)(c) TFEU - Action for annulment - Individual concern - Notion of interested party - Admissibility - No effect on the trading conditions to an extent contrary to the common interest - No doubts which justify initiating the formal investigation procedure))

(2016/C 232/16)

Language of the case: Czech

Parties

Applicant: Hamr — Sport a.s. (Prague, Czech Republic) (represented by: T. Capoušek, lawyer)

Defendant: European Commission (represented by: T. Maxian Rusche and P. Němečková, acting as Agents)

Intervener in support of the defendant: Czech Republic (represented by: M. Smolek, J. Vláčil and T. Müller, acting as Agents)

Re:

Application based on Article 263 TFEU and seeking the annulment of Commission Decision C (2014) 3602 final of 11 June 2014 relating to State aid SA.33575 (2013/NN) — Czech Republic in favour of non-profit sports facilities granted by central public institutions.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

1.

Dismisses the action;

2.

Orders Hamr — Sport a.s. to pay the costs, except those incurred by the Czech Republic.

3.

The Czech Republic must be ordered to bear its own costs.


(1)  OJ C 7, 12.1.2015.