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Document 62011TN0319
Case T-319/11: Action brought on 14 June 2011 — ABN AMRO Group v Commission
Case T-319/11: Action brought on 14 June 2011 — ABN AMRO Group v Commission
Case T-319/11: Action brought on 14 June 2011 — ABN AMRO Group v Commission
SL C 252, 27.8.2011, p. 35–35
(BG, ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, IT, LV, LT, HU, MT, NL, PL, PT, RO, SK, SL, FI, SV)
27.8.2011 |
EN |
Official Journal of the European Union |
C 252/35 |
Action brought on 14 June 2011 — ABN AMRO Group v Commission
(Case T-319/11)
2011/C 252/80
Language of the case: English
Parties
Applicant: ABN AMRO Group NV (Amsterdam, Netherlands) (represented by: W. Knibbeler and P. van den Berg, lawyers)
Defendant: European Commission
Form of order sought
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Annul article 5 of the Commission Decision of 5 April 2011 on the measures No C 11/2009 (ex NN 53b/2008, NN 2/2010 and N 19/2010) implemented by Dutch State for ABN AMRO Group NV; and |
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Order the Commission to pay the costs. |
Pleas in law and main arguments
In support of the action, the applicant relies on two pleas in law.
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First plea in law, alleging that the contested Decision’s findings in relation to the scope of the acquisition ban contained in article 5, are vitiated by the following errors of law and must therefore be annulled:
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Second plea in law, alleging that the contested Decision’s findings in relation to the duration of the acquisition ban contained in article 5, are vitiated by the following errors of law and of assessment and must therefore be annulled:
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(1) Communication from the Commission on the application of State aid rules to measures taken in relation to financial institutions in the context of the current global financial crisis (OJ 2008 C 270, p. 8); Communication from the Commission on the recapitalization of financial institutions in the current financial crisis: limitation of aid to the minimum necessary and safeguards against undue distortions of competition (OJ 2009 C 10, p. 2); Communication from the Commission on the treatment of impaired assets in the community banking sector (OJ 2009 C 72, p. 1); Communication from the Commission on the return to viability and the assessment of restructuring measures in the financial sector in the current crisis under the state aid rules (OJ 2009 C 195 p. 9).
(2) See footnote 1