CELEX: 62009CJ0465
Appeals
State aid
Action for annulment
Decision initiating the formal investigation procedure under Article 88(2) EC
Subsequent final decisions finding that State aid schemes implemented by Spain in 1993 for certain newly established firms in Álava, Vizcaya and Guipúzcoa were not compatible with the common market
Corporation tax exemptions
Lis pendens
Concept of 'authorised aid'
Legitimate expectations
Compliance with a reasonable time-limit
No notification

Appeal against the judgment of the Court of First Instance (Fifth Chamber, Extended Composition) of 9 September 2009 in Cases
T‑30/01 to T‑32/01 and T‑86/02 to T‑88/02
Diputación Foral de Álava and Others
v
Commission
, by which that court held, in Cases T‑30/01 to T‑32/01, that there was no longer any need to adjudicate on an application
for annulment of the Commission Decision of 28 November 2000 to initiate the procedure under Article 88(2) EC in relation
to the tax advantages in the form of corporation tax exemption for certain newly established firms granted by provisions adopted
by the Diputación Foral de Álava, the Diputación Foral de Guipúzcoa and the Diputación Foral de Vizcaya, in the form of corporation
tax exemption for certain newly established firms and, in Cases T‑86/02 to T‑88/02, dismissed an application for annulment
of Commission Decisions 2003/28/EC, 2003/86/EC and 2003/192/EC of 20 December 2001 on a State aid scheme in the form of corporation
tax exemption implemented by Spain in 1993 for certain newly established firms in Álava (T‑86/02), Vizcaya (T‑87/02) and Guipúzcoa
(T‑88/02) (OJ 2003 L 17, p. 20, OJ 2003 L 40, p. 11, and OJ 2003 L 77, p. 1, respectively).
Operative part
The Court:
1.
Dismisses the appeals;
2.
Orders the Territorio Histórico de Vizcaya – Diputación Foral de Vizcaya, the Territorio Histórico de Álava – Diputación Foral
de Álava and the Territorio Histórico de Guipúzcoa – Diputación Foral de Guipúzcoa to pay in equal shares the costs relating
to the present appeals;
3.
Orders the Kingdom of Spain to bear its own costs.