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23.9.2019 |
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Official Journal of the European Union |
C 319/11 |
Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 29 July 2019 — Bayerische Motoren Werke AG v European Commission, Freistaat Sachsen
(Case C-654/17 P) (1)
(Appeal - State aid - Regional investment aid - Aid for a large investment project - Aid partly incompatible with the internal market - Article 107(3) TFEU - Whether the aid is necessary - Article 108(3) TFEU - Regulation (EC) No 800/2008 - Aid exceeding the individual notification threshold - Notification - Scope of the block exemption - Cross-appeal - Whether an intervention before the General Court of the European Union may proceed - Admissibility)
(2019/C 319/10)
Language of the case: German
Parties
Appellant: Bayerische Motoren Werke AG (represented by: M. Rosenthal, G. Drauz and M. Schütte, Rechtsanwälte)
Other parties to the proceedings: European Commission (represented by: F. Erlbacher, A. Bouchagiar and T. Maxian Rusche, Agents), Freistaat Sachsen (represented by: T. Lübbig, Rechtsanwalt)
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
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Dismisses the main appeal and the cross-appeal; |
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Orders Bayerische Motoren Werke AG to bear its own costs and to pay those incurred by the European Commission in respect of the main appeal; |
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Orders Freistaat Sachsen to bear its own costs in respect of the main appeal; |
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Orders the European Commission to bear its own costs and to pay those of Bayerische Motoren Werke AG and of Freistaat Sachsen in respect of the cross-appeal. |