Information;Judgment — ECLI:EU:T:2025:809
Date: 2025-09-03
Language of the case: English
Court formation: First Chamber
Procedure: Action for annulment - unfounded
Origin: Czechia

Judgment of the General Court of 3 September 2025 – Zásilkovna v Commission (Case T-784/22) 1 (State aid – Postal sector – Compensation for net costs arising from universal service obligations – Decision declaring the aid compatible with the internal market – Article 106(2) TFEU – SGEI Framework – Accounting separation of activities falling within the universal service from other activities – Cross-subsidisation – Counterfactual scenario) Language of the case: English Parties Applicant: Zásilkovna s. r. o. (Prague, Czech Republic) (represented by: R. Kubáč, lawyer) Defendant: European Commission (represented by: J. Carpi Badía and L. Nicolae, acting as Agents) Intervener in support of the applicant: Brink’s Cash Solutions (CZ) a.s. (Prague) (represented by: R. Kubáč, lawyer) Intervener in support of the defendant: Czech Republic (represented by: M. Smolek, J. Vláčil and L. Halajová, acting as Agents), Česká pošta s. p. (Prague) (represented by: P. Kadlec and J. Kocmánek, lawyers) Re: By its action under Article 263 TFEU, the applicant seeks the annulment of Commission Decision (EU) 2023/232 of 25 July 2022 on State aid SA.55208 (2020/C) (ex 2022/NN) implemented by Czechia for Czech Post (OJ 2023 L 32, p. 68). Operative part of the judgment The Court: Dismisses the action; Orders Zásilkovna s. r. o. to bear its own costs and to pay those incurred by the European Commission; Orders Brink’s Cash Solutions (CZ) a.s., the Czech Republic and Česká pošta s. p. to bear their own costs. ____________ 1 OJ C 83, 6.3.2023.