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Case C-537/08 P: Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 16 December 2010 — Kahla/Thüringen Porzellan GmbH v Freistaat Thüringen, Federal Republic of Germany, European Commission (Appeal — State aid — Commission decision finding aid to be incompatible with the common market and ordering its recovery — Principles of legal certainty and of the protection of legitimate expectations)

SL C 55, 19.2.2011, p. 3–3 (BG, ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, IT, LV, LT, HU, MT, NL, PL, PT, RO, SK, SL, FI, SV)

19.2.2011   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 55/3


Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 16 December 2010 — Kahla/Thüringen Porzellan GmbH v Freistaat Thüringen, Federal Republic of Germany, European Commission

(Case C-537/08 P) (1)

(Appeal - State aid - Commission decision finding aid to be incompatible with the common market and ordering its recovery - Principles of legal certainty and of the protection of legitimate expectations)

2011/C 55/04

Language of the case: German

Parties

Appellant: Kahla/Thüringen Porzellan GmbH (represented by: M. Schütte, S. Zühlke and P. Werner, Rechtsanwälte)

Other parties to the proceedings: Freistaat Thüringen (represented by: A. Weitbrecht and M. Núñez Müller, Rechtsanwälte), Federal Republic of Germany (represented by: M. Lumma and W. D. Plessing, acting as Agents), European Commission (represented by: V. Kreuschitz and K. Gross, acting as Agents, assisted by C. Koenig, professor)

Re:

Appeal brought against the judgment of the Court of First Instance (Fifth Chamber) delivered on 24 September 2008 in Case T-20/03 Kahla/Thüringen Porzellan GmbH, by which the Court of First Instance dismissed an action for the annulment of Commission Decision 2003/643/EC of 13 May 2003 on the State aid implemented by Germany for Kahla Porzellan GmbH and Kahla/Thüringen Porzellan GmbH (OJ 2003 L 227, p. 12), in so far as that decision concerns the financial assistance granted to Kahla/Thüringen Porzellan GmbH — Infringement of the principles of legal certainty and protection of legitimate expectations

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

1.

Dismisses the appeal;

2.

Orders Kahla Thüringen Porzellan GmbH to pay the costs.


(1)  OJ C 44, 21.2.2009.


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