Order;Information — ECLI:EU:T:2023:700
Date: 2023-10-27
Language of the case: Portuguese
Court formation: Fifth Chamber
Subject matter: State aids;Competition
Procedure: Action for annulment - unfounded
Origin: Portugal

Order of the General Court of 27 October 2023 – Nutmark and Piamark v Commission (Madeira Free Zone) (Case T-714/22 and T-715/22) 1 (State aid – Madeira Free Zone – Aid scheme implemented by Portugal – Decision finding that the scheme does not comply with Decisions C(2007) 3037 final and C(2013) 4043 final, declaring it to be incompatible with the internal market, and ordering the recovery of aid paid under that scheme – Obligation to state reasons – Concept of ‘State aid’ – Existing aid within the meaning of Article 1(b)(ii) of Regulation (EU) 2015/1589 – Recovery – Legitimate expectations – Legal certainty – Right to private property – Action manifestly lacking any foundation in law) Language of the case: Portuguese Parties Applicant in case T-714/22: Nutmark, Lda (Zona Franca da Madeira) (Funchal, Portugal) (represented by: P. Vidal Matos, F. Lança Martins and C. Marques Aparício, lawyers) Applicant in case T-715/22: Piamark, Lda (Zona Franca da Madeira) (Funchal) (represented by: P. Vidal Matos, F. Lança Martins and C. Marques Aparício, lawyers) Defendant: European Commission (represented by: I. Barcew and P. Caro de Sousa, acting as Agents) Re: By their actions under Article 263 TFEU, the applicants seek the annulment of Commission Decision (EU) 2022/1414 of 4 December 2020 on aid scheme SA.21259 (2018/C) (ex 2018/NN) implemented by Portugal for the Madeira Free Zone (Zona Franca da Madeira – ZFM) – Regime III (OJ 2022 L 217, p. 49). Operative part of the order 1. Cases T-714/22 and T-715/22 are joined for the purposes of the order. 2. The actions are dismissed as manifestly lacking any foundation in law. 3. Nutmark, Lda (Zona Franca da Madeira) and Piamark, Lda (Zona Franca da Madeira are ordered to pay the costs. ____________ 1 OJ C 24, 23.1.2023