# C_2011145EN.01002401.xml

| 14.5.2011 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | C 145/24 |
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14.5.2011

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 145/24

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Judgment of the General Court of 24 March 2011 — Freistaat Sachsen and Others v Commission

(Joined Cases T-443/08 and T-455/08) (1)

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(State aid - Aid for Leipzig/Halle Airport - Funding of investments relating to the construction of the new southern runway - Decision declaring aid compatible with the common market - Actions for annulment - No interest in bringing proceedings - Inadmissibility - Concept of ‘undertaking’ - Concept of ‘economic activity’ - Airport infrastructure)

2011/C 145/38

Language of the case: German

Parties

Parties

Applicants: Freistaat Sachsen (Germany) and Land Sachsen-Anhalt (Germany) (represented by U. Soltész, lawyer) (Case T-443/08); Mitteldeutsche Flughafen AG (Leipzig, Germany) and Flughafen Leipzig/Halle GmbH) (Leipzig) (represented by: M. Núñez-Müller, lawyer) (Case T-455/08)

Applicants:

Defendant: European Commission (represented by: K. Gross, B. Martenczuk and E. Righini, Agents)

Defendant:

Interveners in support of the applicants: Federal Republic of Germany (represented by M. Lumma and B. Klein, Agents); and Arbeitsgemeinschaft Deutscher Verkehrsflughäfen eV (ADV) (represented by L. Giesberts, lawyer)

Interveners in support of the applicants:

Re:

Re:

Application for partial annulment of Commission Decision 2008/948/EC of 23 July 2008 on measures by Germany to assist DHL and Leipzig/Halle Airport (OJ 2008 L 346, p. 1).

Operative part of the judgment

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

| 1. | Joins Cases T-443/08 and T-455/08 for the purposes of judgment; |
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Joins Cases T-443/08 and T-455/08 for the purposes of judgment;

| 2. | Dismisses the action in Case T-443/08 as inadmissible; |
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Dismisses the action in Case T-443/08 as inadmissible;

| 3. | Annuls Article 1 of Commission Decision 2008/948/EC of 23 July 2008 on measures by Germany to assist DHL and Leipzig/Halle Airport in so far as it fixes at EUR 350 million the amount of State aid which the Federal Republic of Germany intends to grant to Leipzig/Halle Airport for the construction of a new southern runway and related airport infrastructure; |
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Annuls Article 1 of Commission Decision 2008/948/EC of 23 July 2008 on measures by Germany to assist DHL and Leipzig/Halle Airport in so far as it fixes at EUR 350 million the amount of State aid which the Federal Republic of Germany intends to grant to Leipzig/Halle Airport for the construction of a new southern runway and related airport infrastructure;

| 4. | Dismisses the remainder of the action in Case T-455/08; |
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Dismisses the remainder of the action in Case T-455/08;

| 5. | Orders Freistaat Sachsen and Land Sachsen-Anhalt to bear their own costs and to pay the European Commission’s costs in Case T-443/08; |
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Orders Freistaat Sachsen and Land Sachsen-Anhalt to bear their own costs and to pay the European Commission’s costs in Case T-443/08;

| 6. | Orders Mitteldeutsche Flughafen AG and Flughafen Leipzig/Halle GmbH to bear their own costs; |
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Orders Mitteldeutsche Flughafen AG and Flughafen Leipzig/Halle GmbH to bear their own costs;

| 7. | Orders the Commission bear its own costs in Case T-455/08; |
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Orders the Commission bear its own costs in Case T-455/08;

| 8. | Orders the Federal Republic of Germany and Arbeitsgemeinschaft Deutscher Verkehrsflughäfen eV (ADV) to bear their own costs in Cases T-443/08 and T-455/08. |
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Orders the Federal Republic of Germany and Arbeitsgemeinschaft Deutscher Verkehrsflughäfen eV (ADV) to bear their own costs in Cases T-443/08 and T-455/08.

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(1)  OJ C 237, 20.12.2008.

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