13.11.2017   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 382/37


Judgment of the General Court of 28 September 2017 — Aanbestedingskalender and Others v Commission

(Case T-138/15) (1)

((State aid - Financing measures granted by the Netherlands authorities for the creation and introduction of the TenderNed electronic procurement platform - Decision finding no State aid - Non-economic services of general interest))

(2017/C 382/44)

Language of the case: English

Parties

Applicants: Aanbestedingskalender BV (Ede, Netherlands), Negometrix BV (Amsterdam, Netherlands), CTM Solution BV (Breukelen, Netherlands), Stillpoint Applications BV (Amsterdam), Huisinga Beheer BV (Amsterdam), (represented by: C. Dekker and L. Fiorilli, lawyers)

Defendant: European Commission (represented by: P.-J. Loewenthal and K. Herrmann, acting as Agents)

Interveners in support of the defendant: Kingdom of the Netherlands (represented by M. Bulterman, B. Koopman and M. Noort, acting as Agents) and Slovak Republic, (represented by B. Ricziová, acting as Agent)

Re:

Action pursuant to Article 263 TFEU seeking the annulment of Commission Decision C(2014) 9548 final of 18 December 2014 on State aid SA.34646 (2014/NN) (ex 2012/CP) — The Netherlands E-procurement platform TenderNed.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

1.

Dismisses the action;

2.

Orders Aanbestedingskalender BV, Negometrix BV, CTM Solution BV, Stillpoint Applications BV and Huisinga Beheer BV to pay the costs;

3.

Orders the Kingdom of the Netherlands and the Republic of Slovakia to bear their own costs.


(1)  OJ C 198, 15.6.2015.