Judgment of the General Court (Fourth Chamber) of 21 October 2014 —
Italy v Commission(Case T‑268/13)
Failure to comply with a judgment of the Court establishing an infringement — Periodic penalty payment — Judgment quantifying the amount — Recovery obligation — Undertakings subject to insolvency proceedings — Subject of the insolvency proceedings at issue — Due diligence — Burden of proof
1.                     Judicial proceedings — Application initiating proceedings — Formal requirements — Annexes of the contested measure not submitted — Admissibility where the other parties not inconvenienced (Statute of the Court of Justice, Art. 21, second para.; Rules of Procedure of the General Court, Art. 44(4)) (see paras 27-34)
2.                     State aid — Recovery of unlawful aid — Obligation — Beneficiary subject to a collective procedure — Inscription of the aid in the schedule of debts — Collective procedure not seeking the liquidation of the beneficiary — Recovery obligation not complied with (Art. 88(2) EC) (see paras 55-67)
3.                     State aid — Recovery of unlawful aid — Obligation — Difficulties in implementing — Obligation of the Member State to take all reasonable steps necessary for the purposes of recovery — Burden of proof on the Member State (Art. 88(2) EC) (see paras 76-84)
4.                     Acts of the institutions — Statement of reasons — Obligation — Scope — Execution of a judgment of the Court of Justice imposing a periodic penalty payment on a Member State — Decision quantifying the amount of the periodic penalty payment (Art. 296, second para., TFEU) (see paras 90, 91)
Re:
APPLICATION for annulment of Commission Decision C(2013) 1264 final of 7 March 2013 ordering the Italian Republic to pay into the ‘European Union own resources’ account the sum of EUR 16 533 000 by way of liquidate penalty.
Operative part
The Court:
1.
Dismisses the action;
2.
Orders the Italian Republic to pay the costs.