# C_2014292EN.01003601.xml

| 1.9.2014 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | C 292/36 |
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1.9.2014

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 292/36

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Judgment of the General Court of 16 July 2014 — Zweckverband Tierkörperbeseitigung v Commission

(Case T-309/12) (1)

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((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))

2014/C 292/43

Language of the case: German

Parties

Parties

Applicant: Zweckverband Tierkörperbeseitigung in Rhineland-Palatinate, Saarland, Rheingau-Taunus-Kreis and Landkreis Limburg-Weilburg (Rivenich, Germany) (represented by: A. Kerkmann, lawyer)

Applicant:

Defendant: European Commission (represented initially by V. Kreuschitz and T. Maxian Rusche and subsequently by T. Maxian Rusche and C. Egerer, Agents)

Defendant:

Interveners in support of the defendant: Saria Bio-Industries AG & Co. KG (Selm, Germany); SecAnim GmbH (Lünen, Germany); and Knochen- und Fett-Union GmbH (KFU) (Selm) (represented by: U. Karpenstein and C. Johann, lawyers)

Interveners in support of the defendant

Re:

Re:

Action for annulment of Commission Decision 2012/485/EU of 25 April 2012 on State aid SA.25051 (C 19/10) (ex NN 23/10) granted by Germany to the Zweckverband Tierkörperbeseitigung in Rhineland-Palatinate, Saarland, Rheingau-Taunus-Kreis and Landkreis Limburg-Weilburg (OJ 2012 L 236, p. 1).

Operative part of the judgment

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

| 1. | Dismisses the action; |
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Dismisses the action;

| 2. | Orders the Zweckverband Tierkörperbeseitigung in Rhineland-Palatinate, Saarland, Rheingau-Taunus-Kreis and Landkreis Limburg-Weilburg to bear its own costs relating to the main proceedings and to pay the costs incurred by the European Commission; |
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Orders the Zweckverband Tierkörperbeseitigung in Rhineland-Palatinate, Saarland, Rheingau-Taunus-Kreis and Landkreis Limburg-Weilburg to bear its own costs relating to the main proceedings and to pay the costs incurred by the European Commission;

| 3. | Orders Saria Bio-Industries AG & Co. KG, SecAnim GmbH and Knochen- und Fett-Union GmbH (KFU) to bear their own costs relating to the main proceedings; |
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Orders Saria Bio-Industries AG & Co. KG, SecAnim GmbH and Knochen- und Fett-Union GmbH (KFU) to bear their own costs relating to the main proceedings;

| 4. | Orders the Zweckverband Tierkörperbeseitigung in Rhineland-Palatinate, Saarland, Rheingau-Taunus-Kreis and Landkreis Limburg-Weilburg to bear the costs relating to the application for interim measures. |
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Orders the Zweckverband Tierkörperbeseitigung in Rhineland-Palatinate, Saarland, Rheingau-Taunus-Kreis and Landkreis Limburg-Weilburg to bear the costs relating to the application for interim measures.

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(1)  OJ C 273, 8.9.2012.

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