Joined Cases C-91/17 P and C-92/17 P: Judgment of the Court (Ninth Chamber) of 26 April 2018 — Cellnex Telecom SA, formerly Abertis Telecom SA, Telecom Castilla-La Mancha SA v European Commission, SES Astra (Appeal — State Aid — Digital television — Aid for the extension of digital terrestrial television to the remote and less urbanised areas of the Comunidad Autónoma de Castilla-La Mancha (Autonomous Community of Castilla-La Mancha, Spain) — Grant in favour of operators of digital terrestrial television platforms — Decision declaring the aid measures to be partially incompatible with the internal market — Concept of ‘State Aid’ — Advantage — Service of general economic interest — Definition — Margin of discretion of the Member States)

Judgment of the Court (Ninth Chamber) of 26 April 2018 — Cellnex Telecom SA, formerly Abertis Telecom SA, Telecom Castilla-La Mancha SA v European Commission, SES Astra

(Joined Cases C-91/17 P and C-92/17 P) ( 1 )

‛(Appeal — State Aid — Digital television — Aid for the extension of digital terrestrial television to the remote and less urbanised areas of the Comunidad Autónoma de Castilla-La Mancha (Autonomous Community of Castilla-La Mancha, Spain) — Grant in favour of operators of digital terrestrial television platforms — Decision declaring the aid measures to be partially incompatible with the internal market — Concept of ‘State Aid’ — Advantage — Service of general economic interest — Definition — Margin of discretion of the Member States)’

Parties

Appellants: Cellnex Telecom SA, formerly Abertis Telecom SA, Telecom Castilla-La Mancha SA (represented by: J. Buendía Sierra and A. Lamadrid de Pablo, abogados)

Other parties to the proceedings: European Commission (represented by: E. Gippini Fournier, B. Stromsky and P. Němečková, acting as Agents), SES Astra (represented by: F. González Díaz and V. Romero Algarra, abogados)

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

( 1 ) OJ C 129, 24.4.2017.