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Document 62014TO0040

Electrabel and Dunamenti Erőmű v Commission

Order of the General Court (Ninth Chamber) of 13 November 2014 —

Electrabel and Dunamenti Erőmű v Commission

(Case T‑40/14)

‛Action for damages — Aid awarded by the Hungarian authorities to certain electricity generators — Decision declaring the aid incompatible with the internal market and ordering its recovery — Limitation period — Inapplicability of Article 102(2) of the Rules of Procedure of the General Court — Concept of continuous damage — Inadmissibility’

1. 

Actions for damages — Non-contractual liability — Limitation period — Expiry not constituting an absolute bar to proceeding — Limitation different, by nature, from a procedural time-limit — Time allowance for distance not applying to the said limitation period (Art. 340, second para., TFEU; Statute of the Court of Justice, Art. 46(1); Rules of Procedure of the General Court, Art. 102(2)) (see paras 33, 34)

2. 

Actions for damages — Limitation period — Point from which time starts to run — Liability for a legislative act — Date of appearance of the prejudicial effects of the act (Art. 340, second para., TFEU; Statute of the Court of Justice, Art. 46) (see paras 40, 41, 47)

Re:

ACTION for damages, based on the second paragraph of Article 340 TFEU, seeking compensation for the damage allegedly incurred on account of Commission Decision 2009/609/EC of 4 June 2008 on the State aid C 41/05 awarded by Hungary through Power Purchase Agreements (OJ 2009 L 225, p. 53).

Operative part

1. 

The action is dismissed.

2. 

Electrabel SA and Dunamenti Erőmű Zrt are ordered to pay the costs.
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