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Case C-480/09 P: Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber) of 16 December 2010 — AceaElectrabel Produzione SpA v European Commission, Electrabel SA (Appeal — State aid — Aid declared compatible with the common market — Condition requiring prior repayment by the beneficiary of earlier aid declared unlawful — Concept of ‘economic unit’ — Joint control by two separate parent companies — Distortion of the pleas in law relied on in the application — Errors and defective reasoning)

OJ C 55, 19.2.2011, p. 15–15 (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 55/15


Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber) of 16 December 2010 — AceaElectrabel Produzione SpA v European Commission, Electrabel SA

(Case C-480/09 P) (1)

(Appeal - State aid - Aid declared compatible with the common market - Condition requiring prior repayment by the beneficiary of earlier aid declared unlawful - Concept of ‘economic unit’ - Joint control by two separate parent companies - Distortion of the pleas in law relied on in the application - Errors and defective reasoning)

2011/C 55/26

Language of the case: Italian

Parties

Appellant: AceaElectrabel Produzione SpA (represented by: L. Radicati di Brozolo and M. Merola, avvocati)

Other parties to the proceedings: European Commission (represented by: V. Di Bucci, Agent), Electrabel SA (represented by: L. Radicati di Brozolo and M. Merola, avvocati)

Re:

Appeal against the judgment of the Court of First Instance (First Chamber) of 8 September 2009 in Case T 303/05 ACEAElectrabel Produzione SpA v Commission by which the Court of First Instance dismissed the application for annulment of Commission Decision 2006/598/EC of 16 March 2005 concerning State aid that Italy (Regione Lazio) intends to grant for the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions (OJ 2006 L 244).

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

1.

dismisses the appeal;

2.

orders AceaElectrabel Produzione SpA, in addition to bearing its own costs, to pay those incurred by the European Commission;

3.

orders Electrabel SA to bear its own costs.


(1)  OJ C 24, 30.1.2010.


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