CELEX: 62014CN0296
Language: en
Date: 2014-06-13 00:00:00
Title: Case C-296/14 P: Appeal brought on 13 June 2014 by the Hellenic Republic against the judgment of the General Court (Seventh Chamber) delivered on 9 April 2014 in Case T-150/12 Greece v Commission

4.8.2014   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 253/22
            
         Appeal brought on 13 June 2014 by the Hellenic Republic against the judgment of the General Court (Seventh Chamber) delivered on 9 April 2014 in Case T-150/12 Greece v Commission
   
   (Case C-296/14 P)
   2014/C 253/29
   Language of the case: Greek
   
      Parties
   
   
      Appellant: Hellenic Republic (represented by: Ι. Chalkias and Α. Vasilopoulou)
   
      Other party to the proceedings: European Commission
   
      Form of order sought
   
   The appellant claims that the Court should:
   
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               uphold the appeal, set aside in its entirety the judgment under appeal of the General Court of the European Union, for the reasons more specifically set out, uphold the action brought by the Hellenic Republic, annul the contested decision of the European Commission and order the Commission to pay the costs.
            
         
      Grounds of appeal and main arguments
   
   By the ground of appeal on which it relies, the Hellenic Republic maintains that EU law has been infringed because the General Court of the European Union misinterpreted and misapplied Article 107(1) and (3)(b) TFEU with regard to the conjunction of the exceptional conditions which characterised the Greek economy at the material time at issue.
   More specifically, by the first part of the ground of appeal, it is submitted that by reason of a misinterpretation and misapplication of Article 107(1) TFEU the General Court of the European Union held that the measures at issue constituted a selective economic advantage for the beneficiaries which was sufficient to threaten to distort competition and trade between Member States given the exceptional conditions which characterised the Greek economy at the material time, while by the second part of the ground of appeal, it is submitted that the General Court of the European Union misinterpreted and misapplied Article 107(3)(b) TFEU because it restricted the regulatory scope of that provision to the terms of the Communication on the TCF [Temporary Community Framework for State aid measures] notwithstanding the conjunction of the exceptional conditions which characterised the Greek economy at the material time.