CELEX: 62008TA0384
Language: en
Date: 2011-11-10 00:00:00
Title: Case T-384/08: Judgment of the General Court of 10 November 2011 — Elliniki Nafpigokataskevastiki and Others v Commission (State aid — Shipbuilding — Aid granted by the Greek authorities in the form of an indemnification guarantee — Decision declaring the aid incompatible with the common market — Concept of State aid — Imputability to the State — State resources — Private investor test)

17.12.2011   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 370/22
            
         Judgment of the General Court of 10 November 2011 — Elliniki Nafpigokataskevastiki and Others v Commission
   (Case T-384/08) (1)
   
   (State aid - Shipbuilding - Aid granted by the Greek authorities in the form of an indemnification guarantee - Decision declaring the aid incompatible with the common market - Concept of State aid - Imputability to the State - State resources - Private investor test)
   2011/C 370/36
   Language of the case: English
   
      Parties
   
   
      Applicants: Elliniki Nafpigokataskevastiki AE Chartofylakeiou (Chaidari, Greece); Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft GmbH (Kiel, Germany); and ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems AG (Hamburg, Germany) (represented by: U. Soltész and C. von Köckritz, lawyers)
   
      Defendant: European Commission (represented by: L. Flynn, M. Konstantinidis and C. Urraca Caviedes, Agents)
   
      Intervener in support of the defendant: Trapeza Peiraios AE (Athens, Greece) (represented by S. Pappas, I. Ktenidis and C. Apalagaki, lawyers)
   
      Re:
   
   Application for annulment of Article 16 of Commission Decision 2009/610/EC of 2 July 2008 on the measures C 16/04 (ex NN 29/04, CP 71/02 and CP 133/05) implemented by Greece in favour of Hellenic Shipyards SA (OJ 2009 L 225, p. 104).
   
      Operative part of the judgment
   
   The Court:
   
               1.
            
            
               Dismisses the action;
            
         
               2.
            
            
               Orders Elliniki Nafpigokataskevastiki AE Chartofylakeiou, Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft GmbH and ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems AG to bear their own costs and to pay those incurred by the European Commission and by Trapeza Peiraios AE.
            
         
      (1)  OJ C 301, 22.11.2008.