Judgment — ECLI:EU:T:2018:64
Date: 2018-02-05
Language of the case: English
Court formation: Second Chamber
Subject matter: State aids;Competition
Procedure: Action for annulment - successful
Origin: Slovakia

Judgment of the General Court of 5 February 2018 — Dôvera zdravotná poistʼovňa v Commission (Case T-216/15) 1 (State aid — Health insurance bodies — Capital increase, debt repayment, subsidies and Risk Equalisation Scheme — Decision finding no State aid — Concept of State aid — Concept of undertaking and economic activity — Principle of solidarity — State supervision — Activity that is economic in nature — Competition on quality — Presence of operators seeking to make a profit — Pursuit, use and distribution of profits — Error of law — Error of assessment) Language of the case: English Parties Applicant: Dôvera zdravotná poistʼovňa, a.s. (Bratislava, Slovakia) (represented by: O. Brouwer and A. Pliego Selie, lawyers) Defendant: European Commission (represented by: P.–J. Loewenthal and L. Armati, acting as Agents) Intervener in support of the applicant: Union zdravotná poist’ovňa a.s. (Bratislava) (represented by: initially E. Pijnacker Hordijk and A. ter Haar, and subsequently A. ter Haar, lawyers) Intervener in support of the defendant: Slovak Republic (represented by: B. Ricziová, acting as Agent) Re: Application pursuant to Article 263 TFEU for annulment of Commission Decision (EU) 2015/248 of 15 October 2014 on the measures SA.23008 (2013/C) (ex 2013/NN) granted by the Slovak Republic to Spoločná zdravotná poisťovňa, a.s. (SZP) and Všeobecná zdravotná poisťovňa, a.s. (VšZP) (OJ 2015 L 41, p. 25). Operative part of the judgment The Court: Annuls Commission Decision (EU) 2015/248 of 15 October 2014 on the measures SA.23008 (2013/C) (ex 2013/NN) implemented by the Slovak Republic for Spoločná zdravotná poisťovňa, a.s. (SZP) and Všeobecná zdravotná poisťovňa, a.s. (VšZP); Orders the European Commission to bear its own costs and to pay those incurred by Dôvera zdravotná poistʼovňa, a.s. and by Union zdravotná poist’ovňa a.s.; Orders the Republic of Slovakia to bear its own costs. ____________ 1 OJ C 262, 10.8.2015.