CELEX: 62013TA0527
Language: en
Date: 2015-06-24 00:00:00
Title: Case T-527/13: Judgment of the General Court of 24 June 2015 — Italy v Commission (State aid — Milk levy — Aid granted by Italy to milk producers — Aid scheme linked to the reimbursement of the milk levy — Conditional decision — Failure to comply with a condition which allowed the aid to be considered compatible with the internal market — De minimis aid — Existing aid — New aid — Alteration to existing aid — Procedure for reviewing State aid — Obligation to state reasons — Burden of proof)

10.8.2015   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 262/19
            
         Judgment of the General Court of 24 June 2015 — Italy v Commission
   (Case T-527/13) (1)
   
   ((State aid - Milk levy - Aid granted by Italy to milk producers - Aid scheme linked to the reimbursement of the milk levy - Conditional decision - Failure to comply with a condition which allowed the aid to be considered compatible with the internal market - De minimis aid - Existing aid - New aid - Alteration to existing aid - Procedure for reviewing State aid - Obligation to state reasons - Burden of proof))
   (2015/C 262/25)
   Language of the case: Italian
   
      Parties
   
   
      Applicant: Italian Republic (represented by: G. Palmieri, acting as Agent, assisted by S. Fiorentino and P. Grasso, lawyers)
   
      Defendant: European Commission (represented by: D. Grespan, D. Nardi and P. Němečková, acting as Agents)
   
      Re:
   
   Application for annulment of Commission Decision 2013/665/EU of 17 July 2013 on the aid scheme SA.33726 (11/C) (ex SA.33726 (11/NN)) granted by Italy (deferral of payment of the milk levy) (OJ 2013 L 309, p. 40).
   
      Operative part of the judgment
   
   The Court:
   
               1.
            
            
               Annuls Article 1(2) of Commission Decision 2013/665/EU of 17 July 2013 on the aid scheme SA.33726 (11/C) (ex SA.33726 (11/NN)) granted by Italy (deferral of payment of the milk levy);
            
         
               2.
            
            
               Annuls Articles 2 and 4 of that decision in so far as they concern, first, the aid scheme covered by Article 1(2) and, secondly, the individual aid granted pursuant to that aid scheme;
            
         
               3.
            
            
               Dismisses the action as to the remainder;
            
         
               4.
            
            
               Orders the Italian Republic and the Commission to bear their own costs.
            
         
      (1)  OJ C 344, 23.11.2013.