CELEX: 62006TA0008
Language: en
Date: 2009-10-06 00:00:00
Title: Case T-8/06: Judgment of the Court of First Instance of 6 October 2009 — FAB v Commission (State aid — Digital terrestrial television — Aid granted by the German authorities to broadcasters which use the digital terrestrial television network (DVB-T) in Berlin-Brandenburg — Decision declaring the aid incompatible with the common market and ordering its recovery — Action for annulment — Meaning of State aid — State resources — Compensation for discharging public service obligations — Aid intended to promote culture — Legitimate expectations)

21.11.2009   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 282/38
            
         Judgment of the Court of First Instance of 6 October 2009 — FAB v Commission
   (Case T-8/06) (1)
   
   (State aid - Digital terrestrial television - Aid granted by the German authorities to broadcasters which use the digital terrestrial television network (DVB-T) in Berlin-Brandenburg - Decision declaring the aid incompatible with the common market and ordering its recovery - Action for annulment - Meaning of State aid - State resources - Compensation for discharging public service obligations - Aid intended to promote culture - Legitimate expectations)
   2009/C 282/71
   Language of the case: German
   
      Parties
   
   
      Applicant: FAB Fernsehen aus Berlin GmbH (Berlin, Germany) (represented by: A. Böken, lawyer)
   
      Defendant: Commission of the European Communities (represented by: H. van Vliet and K. Gross, Agents)
   
      Intervener in support of the defendant: Deutscher Kabelverband eV (Berlin, Germany) (represented by: K. Struckmann, C Arhold and N. Wimmer, lawyers)
   
      Re:
   
   Application for annulment of Commission Decision 2006/513/EC of 9 November 2005 on the State Aid which the Federal Republic of Germany has implemented for the introduction of digital terrestrial television (DVB-T) in Berlin-Brandenburg (OJ 2006 L 200, p. 14).
   
      Operative part of the judgment
   
   The Court:
   
               1.
            
            
               Dismisses the action;
            
         
               2.
            
            
               Orders FAB Fernsehen aus Berlin GmbH to pay the costs.
            
         
      (1)  OJ C 86 of 8.4.2006.