CELEX: 62009CJ0474
Appeal
State aid
Actions for annulment
Decisions of the Commission concerning the State aid schemes implemented by Spain in favour of undertakings in the provinces of Vizcaya, Álava and Guipúzcoa
Reductions in the tax base for certain newly-created undertakings
Legitimate expectations
Principles of legal certainty and sound administration
Compliance with a reasonable time-limit
Lack of notification

Appeal against the judgment of the Court of First Instance (Fifth Chamber, extended composition) of 9 September 2009 in Joined
Cases T‑230/01 to T‑232/01 and T‑267/01 to T‑269/01
Diputación Foral de Álava and Gobierno Vasco and Others
v
Commission
, by which that court dismissed, in Cases T‑230/01 and T‑267/01 an application for annulment of Commission Decision 2002/892/EC
of 11 July 2001 on the State aid scheme applied by Spain to certain newly established firms in Álava (OJ 2002 L 314, p. 1),
in Cases T‑231/01 and T‑268/01 an application for annulment of Commission Decision 2002/806/EC of 11 July 2001 on the State
aid scheme applied by Spain to certain newly established firms in Vizcaya (OJ 2002 L 279, p. 35), and in Cases T‑232/01 and
T‑269/01, an application for annulment of Commission Decision 2002/540/EC of 11 July 2001 on the State aid scheme applied
by Spain to certain newly established firms in Guipúzcoa (OJ 2002 L 174, p. 31).
Operative part
The Court:
1.
Dismisses the main appeals and the cross-appeals;
2.
Orders Territorio Histórico de Vizcaya – Diputación Foral de Vizcaya, Territorio Histórico de Álava – Diputación Foral de
Álava, Territorio Histórico de Guipúzcoa – Diputación Foral de Guipúzcoa, Cámara Oficial de Comercio, Industria y Navegación
de Vizcaya, Cámara Oficial de Comercio e Industria de Álava, Cámara Oficial de Comercio, Industria y Navegación de Guipúzcoa
each to pay an equal share of the costs of the present appeals;
3.
Orders the Kingdom of Spain to bear its own costs.