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Joined Cases C-533/12 P and C-536/12 P: Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 4 September 2014 — Société nationale maritime Corse-Méditerranée (SNCM) SA v Corsica Ferries France SAS, European Commission, French Republic (C-533/12 P), French Republic v Corsica Ferries France SAS, European Commission, Société nationale maritime Corse-Méditerranée (SNCM) SA (C-536/12 P) (Appeals — Restructuring aid — European Commission’s margin of assessment — Scope of review by the General Court of the European Union — Market economy private investor test — Requirement for a sectoral and geographical analysis — Sufficiently well-established practice — Long-term economic rationale — Making of additional redundancy payments)

IO C 395, 10.11.2014, pp. 6–7 (BG, ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, HR, IT, LV, LT, HU, MT, NL, PL, PT, RO, SK, SL, FI, SV)

10.11.2014   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 395/6


Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 4 September 2014 — Société nationale maritime Corse-Méditerranée (SNCM) SA v Corsica Ferries France SAS, European Commission, French Republic (C-533/12 P), French Republic v Corsica Ferries France SAS, European Commission, Société nationale maritime Corse-Méditerranée (SNCM) SA (C-536/12 P)

(Joined Cases C-533/12 P and C-536/12 P) (1)

((Appeals - Restructuring aid - European Commission’s margin of assessment - Scope of review by the General Court of the European Union - Market economy private investor test - Requirement for a sectoral and geographical analysis - Sufficiently well-established practice - Long-term economic rationale - Making of additional redundancy payments))

(2014/C 395/07)

Language of the case: French

Parties

(Case C-533/12 P)

Appellant: Société nationale maritime Corse-Méditerranée (SNCM) SA (represented by: A. Winckler and F.-C. Laprévote, avocats)

Other parties to the proceedings: Corsica Ferries France SAS (represented by: S. Rodrigues and C. Bernard-Glanz, avocats), European Commission, French Republic (represented by: G. de Bergues, N. Rouam and J. Rossi, acting as Agents)

(Case C-536/12 P)

Appellant: French Republic (represented by: G. de Bergues, D. Colas, N. Rouam and J. Rossi, acting as Agents)

Other parties to the proceedings: Corsica Ferries France SAS (represented by: S. Rodrigues and C. Bernard-Glanz, avocats), European Commission, Société nationale maritime Corse-Méditerranée (SNCM) SA (represented by: A. Winckler and F.-C. Laprévote, avocats)

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

1)

Dismisses the appeals;

2)

Orders Société nationale maritime Corse-Méditérrannée (SNCM) SA and the French Republic to bear their own costs and to pay those incurred by Corsica Ferries France SAS in equal shares.


(1)  OJ C 32, 2.2.2013.


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