Judgment of the General Court (Fifth Chamber) of 16 July 2014.#Zweckverband Tierkörperbeseitigung in Rheinland-Pfalz, im Saarland, im Rheingau-Taunus-Kreis und im Landkreis Limburg-Weilburg v European Commission.#State aid — Animal carcass and slaughter waste disposal services — Maintaining epidemic reserve capacity — Decision declaring aid to be incompatible with the internal market — ‘Undertaking’ — Advantage — Service of general economic interest — Compensation relating to a public service obligation — Effect on trade between Member States and distortion of competition — Existing aid or new aid — Need for aid — Subsidiarity — Legitimate expectations — Legal certainty — Proportionality.#Case T‑309/12.

Judgment of the General Court (Fifth Chamber) of 16 July 2014.
Zweckverband Tierkörperbeseitigung in Rheinland-Pfalz, im Saarland, im Rheingau-Taunus-Kreis und im Landkreis Limburg-Weilburg v European Commission.
State aid — Animal carcass and slaughter waste disposal services — Maintaining epidemic reserve capacity — Decision declaring aid to be incompatible with the internal market — ‘Undertaking’ — Advantage — Service of general economic interest — Compensation relating to a public service obligation — Effect on trade between Member States and distortion of competition — Existing aid or new aid — Need for aid — Subsidiarity — Legitimate expectations — Legal certainty — Proportionality.
Case T‑309/12.

Judgment of the General Court (Fifth Chamber) of 16 July 2014.
Zweckverband Tierkörperbeseitigung in Rheinland-Pfalz, im Saarland, im Rheingau-Taunus-Kreis und im Landkreis Limburg-Weilburg v European Commission.
State aid — Animal carcass and slaughter waste disposal services — Maintaining epidemic reserve capacity — Decision declaring aid to be incompatible with the internal market — ‘Undertaking’ — Advantage — Service of general economic interest — Compensation relating to a public service obligation — Effect on trade between Member States and distortion of competition — Existing aid or new aid — Need for aid — Subsidiarity — Legitimate expectations — Legal certainty — Proportionality.
Case T‑309/12.

ECLI identifier: ECLI:EU:T:2014:676