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Case T-417/16: Judgment of the General Court of 12 September 2019 — Achemos Grupė and Achema v Commission (State aid — Aid to Klaipėdos Nafta for the construction and management of an LNG terminal at the Klaipėda Seaport — Decision declaring the aid compatible with the internal market — Article 106(2) TFEU — Article 107(3)(c) TFEU — Decision not to raise any objections — Security of supply — Service of general economic interest)

IO C 399, 25.11.2019, p. 39–40 (BG, ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, HR, IT, LV, LT, HU, MT, NL, PL, PT, RO, SK, SL, FI, SV)

25.11.2019   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 399/39


Judgment of the General Court of 12 September 2019 — Achemos Grupė and Achema v Commission

(Case T-417/16) (1)

(State aid - Aid to Klaipėdos Nafta for the construction and management of an LNG terminal at the Klaipėda Seaport - Decision declaring the aid compatible with the internal market - Article 106(2) TFEU - Article 107(3)(c) TFEU - Decision not to raise any objections - Security of supply - Service of general economic interest)

(2019/C 399/46)

Language of the case: English

Parties

Applicants: Achemos Grupė UAB (Vilnius, Lithuania) and Achema AB (Jonava, Lithuania) (represented initially by R. Martens and C. Maczkovics, and subsequently by R. Martens and V. Ostrovskis, lawyers)

Defendant: European Commission (represented by: É. Gippini Fournier, N. Kuplewatzky and L. Armati, acting as Agents)

Interveners in support of the defendant: Republic of Lithuania (represented initially by D. Kriaučiūnas and R. Dzikovič, and subsequently by R. Dzikovič, acting as Agents), Klaipėdos Nafta AB (Klaipėda, Lithuania) (represented by: K. Kačerauskas and V. Vaitkutė Pavan, lawyers)

Re:

Application pursuant to Article 263 TFEU for annulment of Commission Decision C(2013) 7884 final of 20 November 2013, whereby State aid SA.36740 (2013/NN) granted by Lithuania to Klaipėdos Nafta was declared compatible with the internal market (OJ 2016, C 161, p. 1).

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

1.

Dismisses the action;

2.

Orders Achemos Grupė UAB and Achema AB to bear their own costs and to pay those incurred by the European Commission;

3.

Orders the Republic of Lithuania and Klaipėdos Nafta AB to bear their own costs.


(1)  OJ C 371, 10.10.2016.


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