Information;Judgment — ECLI:EU:T:2022:639
Date: 2022-10-19
Language of the case: Greek
Court formation: First Chamber
Subject matter: State aids;Competition
Procedure: Action for annulment - unfounded
Origin: Greece

Judgment of the General Court of 19 October 2022 – Sogia Ellas v Commission (Case T-347/20) 1 (State aid – Activities linked to the production, processing and marketing of agricultural products – Aid schemes granted by Greece in the form of interest subsidies and State guarantees on existing and new loans to compensate for damage caused by natural disasters or exceptional occurrences – Decision declaring the aid schemes incompatible with the internal market and unlawful and ordering the recovery of the aid paid – Aid limited to disaster-hit geographical areas – Advantage –Selectivity – Market economy operator principle – Principle of sound administration – Right to be heard – Length of the procedure – Protection of legitimate expectations – Limitation period – Article 17 of Regulation (EU) 2015/1589) Language of the case: Greek Parties Applicant: Sogia Ellas AE (Athens, Greece) (represented by: P. Bernitsas, M. Androulakaki, A. Patsalia and E. Kalogiannis, lawyers) Defendant: European Commission (represented by: A. Bouchagiar and T. Ramopoulos, acting as Agents) Intervener in support of the defendant: Myloi Sogias AE (Maroussi, Greece) (represented by: S. Pappas and A. Pappas, lawyers) Re: By its action under Article 263 TFEU, the applicant seeks annulment of Commission Decision (EU) 2020/394 of 7 October 2019 concerning the measures SA.39119 (2016/C) (ex 2015/NN) (ex 2014/CP) implemented by the Hellenic Republic in the form of interest subsidies and guarantees linked to the fires of 2007 (the present decision covers only the agricultural sector) (OJ 2020 L 76, p.4). Operative part of the judgment The Court: Dismisses the action; Orders Sogia Ellas AE to bear its own costs and to pay those incurred by the European Commission; Orders Myloi Sogias AE to bear its own costs. ____________ 1 OJ C 271, 17.8.2020.