CELEX: 62008TA0304
Language: en
Date: 2012-07-10 00:00:00
Title: Case T-304/08: Judgment of the General Court of 10 July 2012 — Smurfit Kappa Group v Commission (State aid — Corrugated case materials — Aid for the construction of a paper mill — Guidelines on national regional aid — Decision declaring the aid compatible with the common market — Admissibility — Validity of the authority conferred by a legal person on its lawyers — Adoption of a decision upon conclusion of the preliminary examination phase — Standing to bring proceedings — Procedural rights of interested parties — Serious difficulties justifying the initiation of the formal investigation procedure — Exercise by the Commission of its discretion — Article 87(3)(a) EC — Article 88(2) and (3) EC — Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 659/1999 — Article 44(5) and (6) of the Rules of Procedure)

18.8.2012   
            
            
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               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 250/12
            
         Judgment of the General Court of 10 July 2012 — Smurfit Kappa Group v Commission
   (Case T-304/08) (1)
   
   (State aid - Corrugated case materials - Aid for the construction of a paper mill - Guidelines on national regional aid - Decision declaring the aid compatible with the common market - Admissibility - Validity of the authority conferred by a legal person on its lawyers - Adoption of a decision upon conclusion of the preliminary examination phase - Standing to bring proceedings - Procedural rights of interested parties - Serious difficulties justifying the initiation of the formal investigation procedure - Exercise by the Commission of its discretion - Article 87(3)(a) EC - Article 88(2) and (3) EC - Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 659/1999 - Article 44(5) and (6) of the Rules of Procedure)
   2012/C 250/20
   Language of the case: English
   
      Parties
   
   
      Applicant: Smurfit Kappa Group plc (Dublin, Ireland) (represented by: T. Ottervanger and E. Henny, lawyers)
   
      Defendant: European Commission (represented by: B. Martenczuk and C. Urraca Caviedes, Agents)
   
      Intervener in support of the defendant: Propapier PM 2 GmbH, formerly Propapier PM2 GmbH & Co. KG (Eisenhüttenstadt, Germany) (represented by: H.-J. Niemeyer and C. Herrmann, lawyers)
   
      Re:
   
   Action for annulment of Commission Decision C(2008) 1107 of 2 April 2008 declaring compatible with the common market the national regional aid which the German authorities intend to grant to Propapier PM2 for the construction of a paper mill in Eisenhüttenstadt (region of Brandenburg-Nordost) (State aid N 582/2007 — Germany).
   
      Operative part of the judgment
   
   The Court:
   
               1.
            
            
               Annuls Commission Decision C(2008) 1107 of 2 April 2008 declaring compatible with the common market the national regional aid which the German authorities intend to grant to Propapier PM2 for the construction of a paper mill in Eisenhüttenstadt (region of Brandenburg-Nordost) (State aid N 582/2007 — Germany);
            
         
               2.
            
            
               Orders the European Commission and Propapier PM 2 GmbH to pay the costs.
            
         
      (1)  OJ C 272, 25.10.2008.