62025CO0178_INF
Order of the Vice-President of the Court of 15 July 2025 –EnBW Energie Baden-Württemberg v Hanseatic Energy Hub and Commission
(Case C‑178/25 P(I))
(Appeal – Intervention – State aid – Undertaking not in competition with the beneficiaries of the aid – Regulation (EU) 2015/1589 – Article 1(h) – Status as an interested party – Direct and immediate consequences of the aid scheme at issue in the case for the applicant’s economic situation – Presence of an interest in the result of the case – Appeal allowed to proceed)
1.
Judicial proceedings – Intervention – Admissibility criteria – Interest in the result of the case – Meaning – Need for a direct and existing interest – Dispute relating to the lawfulness of a Commission decision not to raise objections in relation to State aid – Direct and existing interest of an entity not in competition with the beneficiaries of the aid but operating in the same areas of activity as those beneficiaries
(Statute of the Court of Justice, Art. 40, second para.; Council Regulation 2015/1589, Art. 1(h))
(see paragraphs 27-34, 43, 44)
2.
Judicial proceedings – Intervention – Admissibility criteria – Interest in the result of the case – Meaning – Need for a direct and existing interest – Dispute relating to the lawfulness of a Commission decision not to raise objections in relation to State aid – Direct and existing interest of an entity not in competition with the beneficiaries of the aid but operating in the same areas of activity as those beneficiaries – Burden of proof – Reference to information provided by the applicant in its action – Whether permissible
(Statute of the Court of Justice, Art. 40, second para.; Council Regulation 2015/1589, Art. 1(h))
(see paragraphs 35-42)
Operative part of the order
1.
The order of the President of the Ninth Chamber of the General Court of the European Union of 10 February 2025, Hanseatic Energy Hub v Commission (T‑309/24, EU:T:2025:165) is hereby set aside.
2.
EnBW Energie Baden-Württemberg AG is granted leave to intervene in Case T‑309/24 in support of the form of order sought by Hanseatic Energy Hub GmbH.
3.
EnBW Energie Baden-Württemberg AG, Hanseatic Energy Hub GmbH and the European Commission shall each bear their own costs in connection with the appeal proceedings.
4.
The costs in connection with the intervention by EnBW Energie Baden-Württemberg AG are reserved.