CELEX: 62013TA0366
Language: en
Date: 2017-03-01 00:00:00
Title: Case T-366/13: Judgment of the General Court of 1 March 2017 — France v Commission (State aid — Maritime cabotage — Aid implemented by France in favour of the Société nationale maritime Corse Méditerranée (SNCM) and the Compagnie méridionale de navigation — Service of general economic interest — Compensation for a service additional to the basic service intended to cover peak periods during the tourist season — Decision declaring aid incompatible with the internal market — Concept of State aid — Advantage — Altmark judgment)

18.4.2017   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 121/20
            
         Judgment of the General Court of 1 March 2017 — France v Commission
   (Case T-366/13) (1)
   
   ((State aid - Maritime cabotage - Aid implemented by France in favour of the Société nationale maritime Corse Méditerranée (SNCM) and the Compagnie méridionale de navigation - Service of general economic interest - Compensation for a service additional to the basic service intended to cover peak periods during the tourist season - Decision declaring aid incompatible with the internal market - Concept of State aid - Advantage - Altmark judgment))
   (2017/C 121/29)
   Language of the case: French
   
      Parties
   
   
      Applicant: French Republic (represented by: initially, E. Belliard, G. de Bergues, D. Colas and N. Rouam, then G. de Bergues, D. Colas, F. Alabrune and J. Bousin, and subsequently D. Colas, F. Alabrune and J. Bousin, acting as Agents)
   
      Defendant: European Commission (represented by: M. Afonso and B. Stromsky, acting as Agents)
   
      Re:
   
   Action under Article 263 TFEU for the annulment of Commission Decision 2013/435/EU of 2 May 2013 on State aid SA.22843 (2012/C) (ex 2012/NN) implemented by France in favour of Société Nationale Maritime Corse-Méditerranée (OJ 2013 L 220, p. 20).
   
      Operative part of the judgment
   
   The Court:
   
               1.
            
            
               dismisses the action;
            
         
               2.
            
            
               orders the French Republic to pay, in addition to its own costs, those incurred by the European Commission, including those incurred in the interim proceedings.
            
         
      (1)  OJ C 252, 31.8.2013.