Case C-514/22 P: Order of the Court (Sixth Chamber) of 8 February 2024 – Tirrenia di navigazione SpA v European Commission (Appeal– Article 181 of the Rules of Procedure of the Court – State aid – Maritime transport – Service of general economic interest – Decision declaring the aid unlawful – Decision declaring the aid compatible in part and incompatible in part with the internal market and ordering that it be recovered – Rescue aid – Compatibility with the internal market – Six month time limit – Extension – Obligation to submit a restructuring or liquidation plan – Guidelines on State aid for rescuing and restructuring firms in difficulty – Tax exemptions – Advantage – Adverse effect on trade between Member States – Adverse effect on competition – Excessive length of the procedure – Legitimate expectations – Legal certainty – Principle of good administration – Principle of proportionality – Rights of the defence – General Court’s obligation to state reasons – Manifest error of assessment – Freedom to conduct a business – Right to property – Unjust enrichment – Rules of Procedure of the General Court – Submission of an item of evidence out of time)
Date: 2024-02-08
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: Italy, company in difficulties, control of State aid, economic support, liquidation, maritime transport, ownership, principle of legal certainty, principle of proportionality, right of establishment, rights of the defence








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C/2024/3290


3.6.2024






Order of the Court (Sixth Chamber) of 8 February 2024 – Tirrenia di navigazione SpA v European Commission


(Case C-514/22 P)
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(Appeal– Article 181 of the Rules of Procedure of the Court - State aid - Maritime transport - Service of general economic interest - Decision declaring the aid unlawful - Decision declaring the aid compatible in part and incompatible in part with the internal market and ordering that it be recovered - Rescue aid - Compatibility with the internal market - Six month time limit - Extension - Obligation to submit a restructuring or liquidation plan - Guidelines on State aid for rescuing and restructuring firms in difficulty - Tax exemptions - Advantage - Adverse effect on trade between Member States - Adverse effect on competition - Excessive length of the procedure - Legitimate expectations - Legal certainty - Principle of good administration - Principle of proportionality - Rights of the defence - General Court’s obligation to state reasons - Manifest error of assessment - Freedom to conduct a business - Right to property - Unjust enrichment - Rules of Procedure of the General Court - Submission of an item of evidence out of time)
(C/2024/3290)
Language of the case: Italian

Parties


Appellant: Tirrenia di navigazione SpA (represented by: A. Moriconi, B. Nascimbene and F. Rossi Dal Pozzo, avvocati)

Other party to the proceedings: European Commission (represented by: initially, G. Braga da Cruz and D. Recchia and, subsequently, D. Recchia, acting as Agents)

Operative part of the order

The Court:






1.


Dismisses the appeal as manifestly unfounded;










2.


Orders Tirrenia di navigazione SpA to pay the costs.






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            OJ C 359, 19.9.2022.


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2024/3290/oj
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