CELEX: 62011TA0092(01)
Language: en
Date: 2017-01-18 00:00:00
Title: Case T-92/11 RENV: Judgment of the General Court of 18 January 2017 –Andersen v Commission (State aid — Rail transport — Aid granted by the Danish authorities to the public undertaking Danske Statsbaner (DSB) — Public service contracts for the supply of rail passenger transport services between Copenhagen and Ystad — Decision declaring the aid compatible with the internal market subject to certain conditions — Temporal application of rules of substantive law — Service of general economic interest — Manifest error of assessment)

20.3.2017   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 86/23
            
         Judgment of the General Court of 18 January 2017 –Andersen v Commission
   (Case T-92/11 RENV) (1)
   
   ((State aid - Rail transport - Aid granted by the Danish authorities to the public undertaking Danske Statsbaner (DSB) - Public service contracts for the supply of rail passenger transport services between Copenhagen and Ystad - Decision declaring the aid compatible with the internal market subject to certain conditions - Temporal application of rules of substantive law - Service of general economic interest - Manifest error of assessment))
   (2017/C 086/30)
   Language of the case: English
   
      Parties
   
   
      Applicant: Jørgen Andersen (Ballerup, Denmark) (represented by: J. Rivas Andrés and M.-I. Rantou, lawyers)
   
      Defendant: European Commission (represented by: L. Armati and T. Maxian Rusche, acting as Agents)
   
      Interveners in support of the defendant: Kingdom of Denmark (represented by: C. Thorning, acting as Agent, assisted by R. Holdgaard, lawyer) and Danske Statsbaner (DSB), (Copenhagen, Denmark) (represented by: M. Honoré, lawyer)
   
      Intervener in support of the applicant: Dansk Tog (Copenhagen, Denmark) (represented by: G. van de Walle de Ghelcke, J. Rivas Andrés and F. Nissen Morten, lawyers)
   
      Re:
   
   Application based on Article 263 TFEU seeking the partial annulment of Commission Decision 2011/3/EU of 24 February 2010 concerning public transport service contracts between the Danish Ministry of Transport and Danske Statsbaner (State aid C 41/08 (ex NN 35/08)) (OJ 2011 L 7, p. 1).
   
      Operative part of the judgment
   
   The Court:
   
               1.
            
            
               Annuls the second paragraph of Article 1 of Commission Decision 2011/3/EU of 24 February 2010 concerning public transport service contracts between the Danish Ministry of Transport and Danske Statsbaner (State aid C 41/08 (ex NN 35/08)) in so far as it concerns the payment of 21 December 2009;
            
         
               2.
            
            
               Dismisses the remainder of the action;
            
         
               3.
            
            
               Orders Mr Jørgen Andersen, the European Commission, Dansk Tog, the Kingdom of Denmark and Danske Statsbaner (DSB) to bear their own costs.
            
         
      (1)  OJ C 103, 2.4.2011.