Case C‑81/16 P

Kingdom of Spain

v

European Commission

(Appeal — State aid — Digital television — Aid for the deployment of digital terrestrial television in remote and less urbanised areas — Subsidies granted to operators of digital terrestrial television platforms — Decision declaring the aid incompatible in part with the internal market — Concept of ‘State aid’ — Advantage — Service of general economic interest — Definition — Discretion of the Member States)

Summary — Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber), 20 December 2017

1. Appeal—Grounds—Incorrect assessment of the facts and evidence—Inadmissibility—Review by the Court of the assessment of the facts and evidence—Possible only where the clear sense of the evidence has been distorted

   (Art. 256 TFEU; Statute of the Court of Justice, Art. 58, first para.)

2. State aid—Commission decision—Assessment of the legality by reference to the information available at the time of adoption of the decision

   (Arts 107 TFEU and 108(3) TFEU)

3. State aid—Concept—Measures designed to compensate for the cost of public service tasks performed by an undertaking—Not included—Conditions set out in the Altmark judgment—Cumulative nature

   (Art. 107(1) TFEU)

4. State aid—Prohibition—Exceptions—Aid capable of being regarded as compatible with the internal market—Discretion of the Commission—Complex evaluation of economic matters—Judicial review—Limits

   (Art. 107(3) TFEU)

5. State aid—Examination by the Commission—Examination of an aid scheme as a whole—Lawfulness

   (Arts 107(3) TFEU and 108 TFEU)

1.  See the text of the decision.

   (see para. 42)

2.  See the text of the decision.

   (see para. 52)

3.  See the text of the decision.

   (see para. 57)

4.  See the text of the decision.

   (see para. 70)

5.  See the text of the decision.

   (see para. 74)