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Case T-615/11: Judgment of the General Court of 26 September 2014 — Royal Scandinavian Casino Århus v Commission (Action for annulment — State aid — Online games — Introduction in Denmark of taxes lower for online games than for casinos and gaming rooms — Decision declaring the aid compatible with the internal market — Aid intended to facilitate the development of certain activities — Lack of individual concern — Regulatory act entailing implementing measures — Inadmissibility)
Case T-615/11: Judgment of the General Court of 26 September 2014 — Royal Scandinavian Casino Århus v Commission (Action for annulment — State aid — Online games — Introduction in Denmark of taxes lower for online games than for casinos and gaming rooms — Decision declaring the aid compatible with the internal market — Aid intended to facilitate the development of certain activities — Lack of individual concern — Regulatory act entailing implementing measures — Inadmissibility)
Case T-615/11: Judgment of the General Court of 26 September 2014 — Royal Scandinavian Casino Århus v Commission (Action for annulment — State aid — Online games — Introduction in Denmark of taxes lower for online games than for casinos and gaming rooms — Decision declaring the aid compatible with the internal market — Aid intended to facilitate the development of certain activities — Lack of individual concern — Regulatory act entailing implementing measures — Inadmissibility)
IO C 395, 10.11.2014, p. 33–33
(BG, ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, HR, IT, LV, LT, HU, MT, NL, PL, PT, RO, SK, SL, FI, SV)
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10.11.2014 |
EN |
Official Journal of the European Union |
C 395/33 |
Judgment of the General Court of 26 September 2014 — Royal Scandinavian Casino Århus v Commission
(Case T-615/11) (1)
((Action for annulment - State aid - Online games - Introduction in Denmark of taxes lower for online games than for casinos and gaming rooms - Decision declaring the aid compatible with the internal market - Aid intended to facilitate the development of certain activities - Lack of individual concern - Regulatory act entailing implementing measures - Inadmissibility))
(2014/C 395/38)
Language of the case: Danish
Parties
Applicant: Royal Scandinavian Casino Århus I/S (Aarhus, Denmark) (represented by: B. Jacobi, lawyer)
Defendant: European Commission (represented initially by M. Afonso and C. Barslev, subsequently by M. Afonso and L. Grønfeldt, acting as Agents)
Interveners in support of the defendant: Kingdom of Denmark (represented initially by C. Vang, subsequently by V. Pasternak Jørgensen and lastly by C. Thorning, acting as Agents, and K. Lundgaard Hansen, lawyer); Republic of Malta (represented by: P. Grech and A. Buhagiar, acting as Agents); Betfair Group plc (London, United Kingdom) and Betfair International Ltd (Santa Venera, Malta) (represented by: O. Brouwer and A. Pliego Selie, lawyers); European Gaming and Betting Association (EGBA) (Brussels, Belgium) (represented by: C.-D. Ehlermann, J. C. Heithecker and J. Ylinen, lawyers)
Re:
Application for annulment of Commission Decision 2012/140/EU of 20 September 2011 on the measure C 35/10 (ex N 302/10) which Denmark is planning to implement in the form of duties for online gambling in the Danish Gaming Duties Act (OJ 2012 L 69, p. 3).
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
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Dismisses the action; |
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Orders Royal Scandinavian Casino Århus I/S, in addition to bearing its own costs, to pay those incurred by the European Commission, Betfair Group plc, Betfair International Ltd and the European Gaming and Betting Association (EGBA). |
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Orders the Kingdom of Denmark and the Republic of Malta to bear their own costs. |