22.1.2018   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 22/35


Judgment of the General Court of 28 November 2017 — Steel Invest & Finance (Luxembourg) v Commission

(Case T-254/16) (1)

((State aid - Iron and steel industry - Aid granted by Belgium in favour of several undertakings in the iron and steel industry - Decision declaring the aid incompatible with the internal market and ordering its recovery - Obligation to state reasons - Concept of State aid - Advantage - Private investor test))

(2018/C 022/47)

Language of the case: French

Parties

Applicant: Steel Invest & Finance (Luxembourg) SA (Strassen, Luxembourg) (represented by: E. van den Broucke, lawyer)

Defendant: European Commission (represented by: initially, É. Gippini Fournier and K. Herrmann, and, subsequently, É. Gippini Fournier, V. Bottka and G. Luengo, acting as Agents)

Re:

Application pursuant to Article 263 TFEU and seeking partial annulment of Commission Decision (EU) 2016/2041 of 20 January 2016 on State aid SA.33926 2013/C (ex 2013/NN, 2011/CP) granted by Belgium to Duferco (OJ 2016 L 314, p. 22).

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

1.

Dismisses the action;

2.

Orders Steel Invest & Finance (Luxembourg) SA to bear its own costs;

3.

Orders the European Commission to bear its own costs.


(1)  OJ C 251, 11.7.2016.