Judgment — ECLI:EU:T:2010:297
Date: 2010-07-08
Language of the case: German
Court formation: Eighth Chamber
Subject matter: State aids;Competition
Procedure: Action for annulment - unfounded
Origin: Germany

Judgment of the General Court of 8 July 2010 - Freistaat Sachsen and Land Sachsen-Anhalt v Commission (Case T-396/08) 1 (State aid - Training aid - Decision declaring the aid to be in part compatible and in part incompatible with the common market - Need for the aid - Positive external effects - Obligation to give reasons) Language of the case: German Parties Applicants: Freistaat Sachsen (Germany) and Land Sachsen-Anhalt (Germany) (represented by: T. Müller-Ibold and T. Graf, lawyers) Defendant: European Commission (represented by: F. França, K. Gross and B. Martenczuk, Agents) Re: Application for the partial annulment of Commission Decision 2008/878/EC of 2 July 2008 on State aid which Germany is planning to implement for DHL (OJ 2008 L 312, p. 31) Operative part of the judgment The General Court: Dismisses the action; Orders Freistaat Sachsen and Land Sachsen-Anhalt to bear their own costs and to pay the costs incurred by the European Commission. ____________ 1 - OJ C 327 of 20.12.2008.