CELEX: 62009CJ0471
Appeal
State aid
Action for annulment
Commission Decisions on State aid schemes implemented by Spain for firms in the provinces of Vizcaya, Álava and Guipúzcoa
Tax credit amounting to 45% of investments
Legitimate expectations
Principle of proportionality
Principles of legal certainty and good administration
Action within a reasonable time
Failure to notify

Appeals brought against the judgment of the Court of First Instance (Fifth Chamber, Extended Composition) of 9 September 2009
in Joined Cases T‑227/01 to T‑229/01, T‑265/01, T‑266/01 and T‑270/01
Diputación Foral de Álava and Gobierno Vasco and Others
v
Commission
, whereby that court dismissed, in Cases T‑227/01 and T‑265/01, an application for annulment of Commission Decision 2002/820/EC
of 11 July 2001 on State aid schemes implemented by Spain for firms in the province of Álava in the form of a tax credit amounting
to 45% of investments (OJ 2002 L 296, p. 1), in Cases T‑228/01 and T‑266/01, an application for annulment of Commission Decision
2003/27/EC of 11 July 2001 on State aid schemes implemented by Spain for firms in the province of Vizcaya in the form of a
tax credit amounting to 45% of investments (OJ 2003 L 17, p. 1) and, in Cases T‑229/01 and T‑270/01, an application for annulment
of Commission Decision 2002/894/EC of 11 July 2001 on State aid schemes implemented by Spain for firms in the province of
Guipúzcoa in the form of a tax credit amounting to 45% of investments (OJ 2002 L 314, p. 26).
Operative part
The Court:
1.
Dismisses the main appeals and the cross-appeals;
2.
Orders the Territorio Histórico de Vizcaya – Diputación Foral de Vizcaya, the Territorio Histórico de Álava – Diputación Foral
de Álava, the Territorio Histórico de Guipúzcoa – Diputación Foral de Guipúzcoa, the Cámara Oficial de Comercio, Industria
y Navegación de Vizcaya, the Cámara Oficial de Comercio e Industria de Álava and the Cámara Oficial de Comercio, Industria
y Navegación de Guipúzcoa to pay in equal shares the costs relating to the appeals;
3.
Orders the Kingdom of Spain to pay its own costs.