Judgment — ECLI:EU:T:2014:675
Date: 2014-07-16
Language of the case: German
Court formation: Fifth Chamber
Subject matter: State aids;Competition
Procedure: Action for annulment - unfounded
Origin: Germany

Judgment of the General Court of 16 July 2014 — Germany v Commission (Case T-295/12) 1 (State aid — Animal carcass and slaughter waste disposal services — Maintaining epidemic reserve capacity — Decision declaring aid to be incompatible with the internal market — Advantage — Service of general economic interest — Compensation relating to a public service obligation — Effect on trade between Member States and distortion of competition — Need for aid — Subsidiarity — Duty to state reasons) Language of the case: German Parties Applicant: Federal Republic of Germany (represented by: T. Henze and J. Möller, Agents, assisted by T. Lübbig and M. Klasse, lawyers) Defendant: European Commission (represented by: C. Egerer and T. Maxian Rusche, Agents) 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 The Court: Dismisses the action; Orders the Federal Republic of Germany to pay the costs. ____________ ____________ 1 OJ C 273, 8.9.2012.