CELEX: 62010CB0451
Language: en
Date: 2011-06-09 00:00:00
Title: Case C-451/10 P: Order of the Court of 9 June 2011 — Télévision française 1 SA (TF1) v European Commission, Métropole télévision (M6), Canal +, French Republic, France Télévisions (Appeal — State aid — Article 86(2) EC — Public service broadcasting — Decision not to raise objections — Proof — Economic efficiency of the undertaking)

22.10.2011   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 311/14
            
         Order of the Court of 9 June 2011 — Télévision française 1 SA (TF1) v European Commission, Métropole télévision (M6), Canal +, French Republic, France Télévisions
   (Case C-451/10 P) (1)
   
   (Appeal - State aid - Article 86(2) EC - Public service broadcasting - Decision not to raise objections - Proof - Economic efficiency of the undertaking)
   2011/C 311/20
   Language of the case: French
   
      Parties
   
   
      Appellant: Télévision française 1 SA (TF1) (represented by: J.-P. Hordies, avocat)
   
      Other parties to the proceedings: European Commission (represented by: T. Maxian Rusche and B. Stromsky, Agents), Métropole télévision (M6), Canal + (represented by: E. Guillaume, avocat), French Republic (represented by: G. de Bergues and J. Gstalter, Agents), France Télévisions (represented by: J.-P. Gunther and A. Giraud, avocats)
   
      Re:
   
   Appeal brought against the judgment of the General Court (Fifth Chamber) delivered on 1 July 2010 in Joined Cases T-568/08 and T-573/08 TF1 and M6 v Commission, by which the General Court dismissed the appellant’s action for annulment of Commission Decision C(2008) 3506 final of 16 July 2008 relating to the proposed grant, by the French Republic, of capital funding of EUR 150 million to France Télévisions SA — Infringement of the rules relating to the burden of proof and the taking of evidence — Infringement of Article 106(2) TFEU — Concept of ‘service of general economic interest’ — No serious difficulties
   
      Operative part of the order
   
   
               1.
            
            
               The appeal is dismissed;
            
         
               2.
            
            
               Télévision française 1 SA (TF1) is ordered to pay the costs;
            
         
               3.
            
            
               Canal + and the French Republic are ordered to bear their own costs.
            
         
      (1)  OJ C 328, 4.12.2010.