Judgment — ECLI:EU:T:2015:898
Date: 2015-11-26
Language of the case: Spanish
Court formation: Fifth Chamber
Subject matter: State aids;Competition
Procedure: Action for annulment - unfounded
Origin: Spain

summary of the pleas in law on which the application is based — Similar requirements for claims invoked in support of a plea (Rules of Procedure of the General Court (1991), Art. 44(1)(c)) (see para. 116) 12. State aid — Prohibition — Exceptions — Discretion of the Commission — Judicial review — Limits (Art. 107(3) TFEU) (see paras 122, 123, 131) 13. State aid — Examination by the Commission — Communication of the switchover to digital — Legal nature — Indicative rules of conduct implying a self-limitation on the Commission’s discretion (Arts 107(3) TFEU and 108 TFEU; Commission Notice COM(2003) 541 final) (see para. 126) 14. State aid — Prohibition — Exceptions — Aid capable of being regarded as compatible with the internal market — Assessment having regard to Article 107(3)(c) TFEU — Taking into account previous practice — Exclusion (Art. 107(3)(c) TFEU) (see paras 127, 139) 15. State aid — Prohibition — Exceptions — Account taken of the situation existing at the time the measure adopted (Art. 107(3) TFEU) (see paras 135, 136, 138, 140) 16. State aid — Administrative procedure — Compatibility of aid with the internal market — Burden of proof on the provider and the potential recipient of the aid (Art. 4(3) TEU; Art. 107(3) TFEU) (see para. 143) 17. State aid — Existing aid and new aid — Measure amending an existing aid scheme — Classification of the scheme as new aid (Art. 108(1) TFEU; Council Regulation No 659/1999, Art. 1(c); Commission Regulation No 794/2004, Art. 4(1)) (see paras 155-159) Re: APPLICATION for annulment of Commission Decision 2014/489/EU of 19 June 2013 on State aid SA.28599 [(C 23/2010) (ex NN 36/010, ex CP 163/2009)] implemented by the Kingdom of Spain for the deployment of digital terrestrial television in remote and less-urbanised areas (other than Castilla-La Mancha) (OJ 2014 L 217, p. 52). Operative part The Court: 1. Dismisses the action; 2. Orders Abertis Telecom, SA and Retevisión I, SA to bear their own costs and to pay those incurred by the European Commission and by SES Astra.