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Case T-487/11: Judgment of the General Court of 12 December 2014  — Banco Privado Português and Massa Insolvente do Banco Privado Português v Commission (State aid — Financial sector — State guarantee accompanying a bank loan — Aid designed to remedy a serious disturbance in the economy of a Member State — Article 107(3)(b) TFEU — Decision declaring the aid incompatible with the internal market — Guidelines on State aid for rescuing and restructuring firms in difficulty — Conformity with the Commission’s notices concerning aid to the financial sector in the context of the financial crisis — Legitimate expectation — Obligation to state reasons)

IO C 46, 9.2.2015, p. 43–43 (BG, ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, HR, IT, LV, LT, HU, MT, NL, PL, PT, RO, SK, SL, FI, SV)

9.2.2015   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 46/43


Judgment of the General Court of 12 December 2014 — Banco Privado Português and Massa Insolvente do Banco Privado Português v Commission

(Case T-487/11) (1)

((State aid - Financial sector - State guarantee accompanying a bank loan - Aid designed to remedy a serious disturbance in the economy of a Member State - Article 107(3)(b) TFEU - Decision declaring the aid incompatible with the internal market - Guidelines on State aid for rescuing and restructuring firms in difficulty - Conformity with the Commission’s notices concerning aid to the financial sector in the context of the financial crisis - Legitimate expectation - Obligation to state reasons))

(2015/C 046/52)

Language of the case: Portuguese

Parties

Applicants: Banco Privado Português, SA (Lisbon, Portugal); and Massa Insolvente do Banco Privado Português, SA (Lisbon) (represented by: C. Fernández Vicién, F. Pereira Coutinho, M. Esperança Pina, T. Mafalda Santos, R. Leandro Vasconcelos and A. Kéri, lawyers)

Defendant: European Commission (represented by: L. Flynn and M. Afonso, acting as Agents)

Re:

Application for annulment of Commission Decision 2011/346/EU of 20 July 2010 on the State aid C 33/09 (ex NN 57/09, CP 191/09) implemented by Portugal in the form of a State guarantee to BPP (OJ 2011 L 159, p. 95).

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

1.

Dismisses the application;

2.

Orders Banco Privado Português, SA and Massa Insolvente do Banco Privado Português, SA to bear their own costs as well as those incurred by the European Commission.


(1)  OJ C 340, 19.11.2011.


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