62022CJ0710_SUM
Case C‑710/22 P
JCDecaux Street Furniture Belgium SA
v
European Commission
Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 26 September 2024
(Appeal – State aid – Article 107(1) TFEU – Aid granted by Belgium to JCDecaux Street Furniture Belgium – Advertising displays installed in the City of Brussels (Belgium) – Non-payment of rent and taxes applicable to those displays – Aid declared incompatible with the internal market – Obligation to recover that aid – Concept of ‘advantage’ – Determination of the applicable legal framework – Method for calculating the amount of aid to be recovered)
Appeal – Grounds – Incorrect assessment of the facts and evidence – Inadmissibility – Review by the Court of Justice of the assessment of the facts and evidence – Possible only where the facts or evidence have been distorted – Requirement that the distortion be obvious from the documents in the file
(Art. 256 TFEU; Statute of the Court of Justice, Art. 58, first para.)
(see paragraphs 28-31, 63, 64)
Appeal – Grounds – Ground put forward for the first time in the context of the appeal – Inadmissibility – Arguments simply constituting an amplification of a plea relied on in the application – Admissibility
(Rules of Procedure of the Court of Justice, Art. 170(1))
(see paragraphs 32-34)
Aid granted by a Member State – Concept – Grant attributable to the State of an advantage by means of State resources – Grant to a private undertaking of the right to use furniture in public spaces without paying rent or taxes for a period longer than that stipulated in the original contract – Measure designed to compensate for damage caused to that undertaking in the performance of contractual obligations – Decision having the effect of mitigating the charges of the undertaking – Inclusion – Objectives pursued by the State – Irrelevant
(Art. 107(1) TFEU)
(see paragraphs 43, 44)
See the text of the decision.