CELEX: 62014CA0357
Language: en
Date: 2015-10-01 00:00:00
Title: Case C-357/14 P: Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 1 October 2015 — Electrabel SA and Dunamenti Erőmű Zrt v European Commission (Appeal — State aid — Aid granted by the Hungarian authorities to certain electricity generators — Power purchase agreements concluded between a public undertaking and certain electricity generators — Decision declaring that aid incompatible with the common market and ordering its recovery — Meaning of ‘party’ capable of bringing an appeal before the Court — Accession of Hungary to the European Union — Date relevant to the assessment of the existence of aid — Concept of State aid — Advantage — Private investor test — Methodology for calculating the amount of aid)

16.11.2015   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 381/9
            
         Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 1 October 2015 — Electrabel SA and Dunamenti Erőmű Zrt v European Commission
   (Case C-357/14 P) (1)
   
   ((Appeal - State aid - Aid granted by the Hungarian authorities to certain electricity generators - Power purchase agreements concluded between a public undertaking and certain electricity generators - Decision declaring that aid incompatible with the common market and ordering its recovery - Meaning of ‘party’ capable of bringing an appeal before the Court - Accession of Hungary to the European Union - Date relevant to the assessment of the existence of aid - Concept of State aid - Advantage - Private investor test - Methodology for calculating the amount of aid))
   (2015/C 381/10)
   Language of the case: English
   
      Parties
   
   
      Appellants: Electrabel SA and Dunamenti Erőmű Zrt (represented by: J. Philippe, F.-H. Boret and A.-C. Guyon, avocats, and by P. Turner QC)
   
      Other party to the proceedings: European Commission (represented by: L. Flynn and K. Talabér-Ritz, acting as Agents)
   
      Operative part of the judgment
   
   The Court:
   
               1)
            
            
               Dismisses the appeal;
            
         
               2)
            
            
               Orders Dunamenti Erőmű Zrt. to bear its own costs and to pay those incurred by the European Commission;
            
         
               3)
            
            
               Orders Electrabel SA to bear its own costs.
            
         
      (1)  OJ C 329, 22.9.2014.