Order — ECLI:EU:T:2019:205
Date: 2019-03-25
Language of the case: English
Subject matter: State aids;Competition
Procedure: Action for annulment - unfounded
Origin: Spain

Order of the General Court (Ninth Chamber) of 25 March 2019 – Solwindet las Lomas v Commission (Case T‑190/18) (Actions for annulment — State aid — Aid scheme for renewable energies — Preliminary examination procedure — Decision finding the aid scheme compatible with the internal market — Action brought by a recipient — No interest in bringing proceedings — Inadmissibility) 1. Action for annulment — Natural or legal persons — Interest in bringing proceedings — Need for an actual and current interest — Assessment at the time when the action was lodged — Action capable of securing a benefit for the applicant — Burden of proof (Art. 263 TFEU) (see paras 28-30) 2. Action for annulment — Actionable measures — Measures producing binding legal effects — Commission decision declaring aid compatible with the common market — Decision not in principle adversely affecting the applicant — Obligation on the General Court to examine the possible binding legal effects of the Commission’s assessment (Art. 263 TFEU) (see para. 34) 3. Action for annulment — Action by the beneficiary of a State aid directed against a decision of the Commission declaring it compatible with the internal market — Interest in bringing proceedings — Concept (Art. 263 TFEU) (see para. 44) 4. Action for annulment — Interest in bringing proceedings — Need for an actual and current interest — Assessment at the time when the action was lodged — Action by the beneficiary of a State aid directed against the decision of the Commission declaring it compatible with the internal market — Action not likely to benefit that company — Inadmissibility (Art. 263, 4th para. TFEU) (see paras 53, 62-68) Re: Application under Article 263 TFEU for annulment of Commission Decision C(2017) 7384 final of 10 November 2017 relating to State aid SA.40348 (2015/NN) implemented by the Kingdom of Spain (Support for electricity generation from renewable energy sources, cogeneration and waste). Operative part 1. The action is dismissed. 2. There is no need to rule on the applications to intervene of the Kingdom of Spain or EDP España. 3. Solwindet las Lomas, SL shall bear its own costs and those incurred by the European Commission, with the exception of the costs relating to the applications to intervene. 4. Solwindet las Lomas, the Commission, the Kingdom of Spain and EDP España shall bear their own costs relating to the applications to intervene.