62020TO0034_INF
Order of the General Court (Second Chamber) of 18 January 2021 –Datenlotsen Informationssysteme v Commission
(Case T‑34/20)
(Action for annulment – State aid – Software solutions for universities – Tax advantages and public funding – Formal investigation procedure – Decision classifying the implemented measures as existing aid – Lack of individual concern – No regulatory act – Inadmissibility)
1.
Action for annulment – Natural or legal persons – Measures of direct and individual concern to them – Individual concern – Criteria – Commission Decision on State aid adopted following the formal investigation procedure – Action by a competitor challenging the decision – Market position of the undertaking not substantially affected – Inadmissibility
(Arts 108(2) and (3) TFEU and 263, fourth para., TFEU)
(see paras 32-34, 44-51)
2.
Action for annulment – Natural or legal persons – Concept of ‘regulatory act’ within the meaning of the fourth paragraph of Article 263 TFEU – Any measure of general application other than legislative acts – Commission decision authorising tax exemptions and annual direct subsidies granted pursuant to measures lacking general application – Not included
(Art. 263, fourth para., TFEU)
(see paras 55, 56, 58, 59, 62-72)
Re:
Application under Article 263 TFEU seeking annulment of Commission Decision (EU) 2020/391 of 20 September 2019 on the measure SA.34402 – 2015/C (ex 2015/NN) implemented by Germany for Hochschul-Informations-System GmbH (OJ 2020 L 74, p. 22).
Operative part
1.
The action is dismissed.
2.
The application by the Federal Republic of Germany for leave to intervene in support of the European Commission has become devoid of purpose.
3.
Datenlotsen Informationssysteme GmbH is ordered to pay the costs.