Order;Information — ECLI:EU:T:2024:793
Date: 2024-11-04
Language of the case: German
Court formation: Fourth Chamber
Subject matter: State aids;Competition
Procedure: Action for annulment - inadmissible
Origin: Germany

Order of the General Court of 4 November 2024 – LichtBlick v Commission (Case T-240/23) 1 (Action for annulment – State aid – Energy crisis – German law on the containment of electricity prices for end consumers – Decision not to raise objections – No interest in bringing proceedings – Inadmissibility) Language of the case: German Parties Applicant: LichtBlick SE (Hamburg, Germany) (represented by: C. von Hammerstein, P. Roegele and H. Schutte, lawyers) Defendant: European Commission (represented by: T. Scharf and L. Wildpanner, acting as Agents) Intervener in support of the defendant: Federal Republic of Germany (represented by: N. Scheffel and P.-L. Krüger, acting as Agents) Re: By its action under Article 263 TFEU, the applicant seeks the partial annulment of Commission Decision C(2022) 9995 final of 21 December 2022 on State Aid SA.104606 (2222/N) – Germany – TCF: Temporary cost containment of natural gas, heat and electricity price increases, in so far as the European Commission declared compatible with the internal market an aid scheme for the benefit of charging point operators in the context of their activities involving the re-sale of electricity to their clients, without those operators being required to pass on the aid in question to those clients. Operative part of the order 1. The action is dismissed as inadmissible. 2. LichtBlick SE shall bear its own costs and pay those incurred by the European Commission. 3. The Federal Republic of Germany shall bear its own costs. ____________ 1 OJ C 235, 3.7.2023.