Judgment;Information — ECLI:EU:T:2021:412
Date: 2021-07-07
Language of the case: English
Court formation: First Chamber
Subject matter: State aids;Competition
Procedure: Action for annulment - unfounded
Origin: Ireland

Action brought on 30 September 2019 – Irish Wind Farmers' Association and Others v Commission (Case T-680/19) Language of the case: English Parties Applicants: Irish Wind Farmers' Association Clg (Kilkenny, Ireland), Carrons Windfarm Ltd (Shanagolden, Ireland), Foyle Windfarm Ltd (Dublin, Ireland), Greenoge Windfarm Ltd (Bunclody, Ireland) (represented by: M. Segura Catalán and M. Clayton, lawyers) Defendant: European Commission Form of order sought The applicants claim that the Court should: annul Commission decision C(2019) 5257 final of 9 July 2019 - SA.44671 (2019/NN) – Ireland, concerning alleged illegal state aid granted to the fossil fuel sector in the form of reduced business rates; order the Commission to pay the costs. Pleas in law and main arguments In support of the action, the applicants rely on a single plea in law, to the effect that the Commission failed to open the formal investigation under Article 108(2) TFEU and Article 4(4) of the Procedural Regulation, 1 notwithstanding doubts as to the existence of state aid, thereby depriving the applicants of their procedural rights. ____________ 1 Council Regulation (EU) 2015/1589 of 13 July 2015 laying down detailed rules for the application of Article 108 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (OJ 2015 L 248, p. 9).