Judgment of the General Court of 6 October 2021 – Infineon Technologies Dresden and Infineon Technologies v Commission
(Joined Cases T-233/19 and T-234/19) 1
(State aid – Aid scheme implemented by Germany for some large electricity consumers – Exemption from network charges in respect of the 2012-2013 period– Decision declaring the aid scheme incompatible with the internal market and unlawful, and ordering the recovery of the aid paid – Action for annulment – Period allowed for commencing proceedings – Admissibility – Concept of aid – State resources)
Language of the case: German
Parties
Applicant in Case T-233/19: Infineon Technologies Dresden GmbH & Co. KG (Dresden, Germany) (represented by: L. Assmann and M. Peiffer, lawyers)
Applicant in Case T-234/19: Infineon Technologies AG (Neubiberg, Germany) (represented by: L. Assmann and M. Peiffer, lawyers)
Defendant: European Commission (represented by: T. Maxian Rusche and K. Herrmann, acting as Agents)
Intervener in support of the applicants: Federal Republic of Germany (represented by: D. Klebs, J. Möller, R. Kanitz, S. Heimerl and S. Costanzo, acting as Agents)
Re:
Application under Article 263 TFEU seeking annulment of Commission Decision (EU) 2019/56 of 28 May 2018 on aid scheme SA.34045 (2013/c) (ex 2012/NN) implemented by Germany for baseload consumers under Paragraph 19 StromNEV (OJ 2019 L 14, p. 1).
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
Dismisses the actions;
Orders Infineon Technologies Dresden GmbH & Co. KG and Infineon Technologies AG to bear their own costs and to pay those incurred by the European Commission;
Orders the Federal Republic of Germany to bear its own costs.
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1 OJ C 213, 24.6.2019.