Judgment — ECLI:EU:C:2017:845
Date: 2017-11-09
Language of the case: Greek
Court formation: Sixth Chamber
Subject matter: State aids;Competition
Procedure: Action for failure to fulfil obligations - successful
Origin: Greece

Judgment of the Court (Sixth Chamber) of 9 November 2017 — European Commission v Hellenic Republic (Case C-481/16) 1 (Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations — State aid — Aid declared unlawful and incompatible with the internal market — Obligation to recover — Obligation to provide information — Non-implementation — Pleas in defence — Absolute impossibility of implementation) Language of the case: Greek Parties Applicant: European Commission (represented by: A. Bouchagiar and B. Stromsky, acting as Agents) Defendant: Hellenic Republic (represented by: K. Boskovits and V. Karra, acting as Agents) Operative part of the judgment The Court: Declares that, by failing to take within the prescribed period all the measures necessary to ensure implementation of Commission Decision 2014/539/EU of 27 March 2014 on State aid SA.34572 (13/C ex 13/NN) implemented by Greece for Larco General Mining & Metallurgical Company SA, and by failing to inform the European Commission of the measures taken pursuant to that decision, the Hellenic Republic has failed to fulfil its obligations under Articles 3 to 5 of that decision and the FEU Treaty; Orders the Hellenic Republic to pay the costs. ____________ 1 OJ C 383, 17.10.2016