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Document 62013TA0140
Case T-140/13: Judgment of the General Court of 9 December 2014 — Netherlands Maritime Technology Association v Commission (State aid — Spanish scheme of early depreciation of certain assets acquired through financial leasing — Decision finding no State aid — Formal investigation procedure not initiated — Serious difficulties — Circumstances and length of the preliminary examination — Insufficient and incomplete examination)
Case T-140/13: Judgment of the General Court of 9 December 2014 — Netherlands Maritime Technology Association v Commission (State aid — Spanish scheme of early depreciation of certain assets acquired through financial leasing — Decision finding no State aid — Formal investigation procedure not initiated — Serious difficulties — Circumstances and length of the preliminary examination — Insufficient and incomplete examination)
Case T-140/13: Judgment of the General Court of 9 December 2014 — Netherlands Maritime Technology Association v Commission (State aid — Spanish scheme of early depreciation of certain assets acquired through financial leasing — Decision finding no State aid — Formal investigation procedure not initiated — Serious difficulties — Circumstances and length of the preliminary examination — Insufficient and incomplete examination)
IO C 34, 2.2.2015, p. 34–35
(BG, ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, HR, IT, LV, LT, HU, MT, NL, PL, PT, RO, SK, SL, FI, SV)
2.2.2015 |
EN |
Official Journal of the European Union |
C 34/34 |
Judgment of the General Court of 9 December 2014 — Netherlands Maritime Technology Association v Commission
(Case T-140/13) (1)
((State aid - Spanish scheme of early depreciation of certain assets acquired through financial leasing - Decision finding no State aid - Formal investigation procedure not initiated - Serious difficulties - Circumstances and length of the preliminary examination - Insufficient and incomplete examination))
(2015/C 034/39)
Language of the case: English
Parties
Applicant: Netherlands Maritime Technology Association, formerly Scheepsbouw Nederland (Rotterdam, Netherlands) (represented by: K. Struckmann, lawyer, and G. Forwood, Barrister)
Defendant: European Commission (represented by: M. Afonso, L. Flynn and P. Němečková, acting as Agents)
Intervener in support of the defendant: Kingdom of Spain (represented by N. Díaz Abad and A. Sampol Pucurull, abogados del Estado)
Re:
Application for annulment of the Commission Decision of 20 November 2012 relating to State aid SA 34736 (12/N) concerning the implementation by the Kingdom of Spain of a tax scheme permitting the early depreciation of certain assets acquired through financial leasing.
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
1) |
Dismisses the action as being unfounded; |
2) |
Orders Netherlands Maritime Technology Association to bear its own costs and to pay those incurred by the European Commission; |
3) |
Orders the Kingdom of Spain to bear its own costs. |