Joined Cases C-693/21 P and C-698/21 P: Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 14 December 2023 — EDP España SA (C-693/21 P), Naturgy Energy Group SA, formerly Gas Natural SDG SA (C-698/21 P) v Naturgy Energy Group SA, formerly Gas Natural SDG SA, European Commission, Generaciones Eléctricas Andalucía SLU, formerly Viesgo Producción SL (Appeal — State aid — Environmental incentive measure adopted by the Kingdom of Spain for coal-fired power plants — Decision to initiate the formal investigation procedure — Action for annulment)
Date: 2023-12-14
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: Spain, State aid, coal, combustion gases, control of State aid, environmental protection, industrial pollution, investment aid, pollution control measures, power plant








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Official Journal of the European Union


EN
Series C













C/2024/1067


5.2.2024





Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 14 December 2023 — EDP España SA (C-693/21 P), Naturgy Energy Group SA, formerly Gas Natural SDG SA (C-698/21 P) v Naturgy Energy Group SA, formerly Gas Natural SDG SA, European Commission, Generaciones Eléctricas Andalucía SLU, formerly Viesgo Producción SL
(Joined Cases C-693/21 P and C-698/21 P) (1)

(Appeal - State aid - Environmental incentive measure adopted by the Kingdom of Spain for coal-fired power plants - Decision to initiate the formal investigation procedure - Action for annulment)
(C/2024/1067)
Language of the case: Spanish

Parties


C-693/21 P


Appellant: EDP España SA (represented initially by J.L. Buendía Sierra, A. Lamadrid de Pablo and V. Romero Algarra, abogados, and subsequently by A. Lamadrid de Pablo and V. Romero Algarra, abogados)

Other parties to the proceedings: Naturgy Energy Group SA, formerly Gas Natural SDG SA (represented by: J. Blanco Carol and F.E. González Díaz, abogados), European Commission (represented by: C.-M. Carrega, P. Němečková and D. Recchia, acting as Agents), Generaciones Eléctricas Andalucía SLU, formerly Viesgo Producción SL (represented by: L. de Pedro Martín and L. Ques Mena, abogados)

Intervener in support of the applicant: Endesa Generación SAU (represented by: M.B. Barrantes Díaz, abogada, and M. Petite, avocat)

C-698/21 P


Appellant: Naturgy Energy Group SA, formerly Gas Natural SDG SA (represented by: J. Blanco Carol and F.E. González Díaz, abogados)

Other parties to the proceedings: European Commission (represented by: C.-M. Carrega, P. Němečková and D. Recchia, acting as Agents), EDP España SA (represented initially by J.L. Buendía Sierra, A. Lamadrid de Pablo and V. Romero Algarra, abogados, and subsequently by A. Lamadrid de Pablo and V. Romero Algarra, abogados), Generaciones Eléctricas Andalucía SLU, formerly Viesgo Producción SL (represented by: L. de Pedro Martín and L. Ques Mena, abogados)

Intervener in support of the applicant: Endesa Generación SAU (represented by: M.B. Barrantes Díaz, abogada, and M. Petite, avocat)

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Sets aside the judgment of the General Court of the European Union of 8 September 2021, Naturgy Energy Group v Commission (T-328/18, EU:T:2021:548);










2.


Annuls Commission Decision C(2017) 7733 final of 27 November 2017 on State aid SA.47912 (2017/NN) — Environmental incentive for coal-fired power plants;










3.


Orders the European Commission to bear its own costs and pay those incurred by Naturgy Energy Group SA relating both to the proceedings at first instance in Case T-328/18 and the appeal proceedings in Cases C-693/21 P and C-698/21 P, and those incurred by EDP España SA relating to its appeal in Case C-693/21 P;










4.


Orders Generaciones Eléctricas Andalucía SLU to bear its own costs;










5.


Orders Endesa Generación SAU to bear its own costs.






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            OJ C 73, 14.2.2022.


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2024/1067/oj
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