30.9.2019 |
EN |
Official Journal of the European Union |
C 328/41 |
Judgment of the General Court of 12 July 2019 — Transdev and Others v Commission
(Case T-291/17) (1)
(State aid - State aid scheme implemented by France between 1994 and 2008 - Investment subsidies granted by the Île-de-France Region - Decision declaring the aid scheme compatible with the internal market - Concepts of ‘existing aid’ and ‘new aid’ - Article 107 TFEU - Article 108 TFEU - Article 1(b)(i) and (v) of Regulation (EU) 2015/1589 - Limitation period - Article 17 of Regulation 2015/1589 - Obligation to state reasons)
(2019/C 328/44)
Language of the case: French
Parties
Applicants: Transdev (Issy-les-Moulineaux, France), Transdev Île de France (Issy-les-Moulineaux), Transports rapides automobiles (TRA) (Villepinte, France) (represented by: F. Salat-Baroux, lawyer)
Defendant: European Commission (represented by: L. Armati, C. Georgieva-Kecsmar and T. Maxian Rusche, acting as Agents)
Re:
Application on the basis of Article 263 TFEU seeking the annulment in part of Commission Decision (EU) 2017/1470 of 2 February 2017, on State aid schemes SA.26763 2014/C (ex 2012/NN) implemented by France in favour of bus transport undertakings in the Île-de-France Region (OJ 2017 L 209, p. 24).
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
1. |
Dismisses the application. |
2. |
Orders Transdev, Transdev Île de France and Transports rapides automobiles (TRA) to bear their own costs and to pay those incurred by the European Commission. |