EN
16.5.2022
Official Journal of the European Union
C 198/7
Judgment of the Court (Seventh Chamber) of 24 March 2022 — Hermann Albers eK v European Commission, Federal Republic of Germany, Land Niedersachsen (Germany) (Case C-656/20 P) (1) (Appeal — State aid — Concept of ‘aid’ — Public transport of passengers — Offsetting of costs involved in the performance of public service obligations — Transfer of financial resources between public authorities — Obligation for municipal authorities that organise transport to guarantee reduced tariffs for students and apprentices — Lack of an advantage granted by the State to an undertaking — Obligation to notify) (2022/C 198/09) Language of the case: German Parties Appellant: Hermann Albers eK (represented by: S. Roling, Rechtsanwalt) Other parties to the proceedings: European Commission (represented by: F. Tomat and K. Blanck, acting as Agents), Federal Republic of Germany, Land Niedersachsen (Germany) (represented by: S. Barth and H. Gading, Rechtsanwältinen)
Operative part of the judgment The Court: 1.
Dismisses the appeal; 2.
Orders Hermann Albers eK to bear its own costs and to pay those incurred by the European Commission; 3.
Orders Land Niedersachsen (Germany) to bear its own costs.
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OJ C 44, 8.2.2021.
Judgment of the Court (Seventh Chamber) of 24 March 2022 — Gesamtverband Verkehrsgewerbe Niedersachsen eV (GVN) v European Commission, Federal Republic of Germany, Land Niedersachsen (Germany) (Case C-666/20 P) (1) (Appeal — State aid — Concept of ‘aid’ — Public passenger transport — Compensating the costs related to the performance of public service obligations — Transfer of financial resources between public authorities — Obligation for the municipal transport authorities to determine reduced tariffs for students and apprentices — No advantage granted by the State to an undertaking — Concept of ‘undertaking’) (2022/C 198/10) Language of the case: German Parties Appellant: Gesamtverband Verkehrsgewerbe Niedersachsen eV (GVN) (represented by: C. Antweiler, Rechtsanwalt) Other parties to the proceedings: European Commission (represented by: F. Tomat and K. Blanck, agents), Federal Republic of Germany, Land Niedersachsen (Germany) (represented by: S. Barth and H. Gading, Rechtsanwältinnen)
Operative part of the judgment The Court: 1.
Dismisses the appeal;