Information;Judgment — ECLI:EU:C:2025:881
Date: 2025-11-13
Language of the case: Portuguese
Court formation: Seventh Chamber
Procedure: Action for annulment;Appeal
Origin: Portugal

Judgment of the Court (Seventh Chamber) of 13 November 2025 – Bourbon Offshore Interoil Shipping – Navegação, Lda v European Commission (Case C-803/23 P) 1 (Appeal – State aid – Free Zone of Madeira (Portugal) – Granting of tax advantages to undertakings – Aid scheme implemented by the Portuguese Republic – Decisions C(2007) 3037 final and C(2013) 4043 final – Decision taken by the European Commission pursuant to the first paragraph of Article 108(2) TFEU – Implementation of existing aid in breach of a condition ensuring compatibility of the aid with the internal market) Language of the case: Portuguese Parties Appellant: Bourbon Offshore Interoil Shipping – Navegação, Lda (represented by: S. Fernandes Martins, M. Mendonça Saraiva and I. Marques Freitas, advogadas) Other party to the proceedings: European Commission (represented by: I. Barcew and P. Caro de Sousa, acting as Agents) Operative part of the judgment The Court: 1. Dismisses the appeal; 2. Orders Bourbon Offshore Interoil Shipping – Navegação Lda to bear its own costs and to pay those incurred by the European Commission. ____________ 1 OJ C, C/2024/3142.