CELEX: 62019TA0193
Language: en
Date: 2021-09-08 00:00:00
Title: Case T-193/19: Judgment of the General Court of 8 September 2021 — Achema and Achema Gas Trade v Commission (State aid — Aid to Litgas for the supply of a minimum quantity of LNG to the LNG terminal at the sea port of Klaipėda — Decision not to raise objections — Safeguarding procedural rights — EU framework for State aid in the form of public service compensation — Service of general economic interest — Compensation for a service of general economic interest — Boil-off costs — Balancing costs — Security of supply — Article 14 of Directive 2004/18/EC — Body of consistent evidence)

8.11.2021   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 452/20
            
         
      Judgment of the General Court of 8 September 2021 — Achema and Achema Gas Trade v Commission
      (Case T-193/19) (1)
      
      (State aid - Aid to Litgas for the supply of a minimum quantity of LNG to the LNG terminal at the sea port of Klaipėda - Decision not to raise objections - Safeguarding procedural rights - EU framework for State aid in the form of public service compensation - Service of general economic interest - Compensation for a service of general economic interest - Boil-off costs - Balancing costs - Security of supply - Article 14 of Directive 2004/18/EC - Body of consistent evidence)
      (2021/C 452/19)
      Language of the case: English
      
         Parties
      
      
         Applicants: Achema AB (Jonava, Lithuania), Achema Gas Trade UAB (Jonava) (represented by: J. Ruiz Calzado, J. Wileur and N. Solárová, lawyers)
      
         Defendant: European Commission (represented by: K. Herrmann and A. Bouchagiar, acting as Agents)
      
         Interveners in support of the defendant: Republic of Lithuania (represented by: K. Dieninis and R. Dzikovič, acting as Agents), Ignitis UAB, formerly Lietuvos energijos tiekimas UAB (Vilnius, Lithuania) (represented by: K. Kačerauskas, lawyer)
      
         Re:
      
      Application under Article 263 TFEU seeking annulment of Commission Decision C(2018) 7141 final of 31 October 2018 in State aid case SA.44678 (2018/N) — modification of aid for LNG terminal in Lithuania.
      
         Operative part of the judgment
      
      The Court:
      
                  1.
               
               
                  Annuls Commission Decision C(2018) 7141 final of 31 October 2018 in State aid case SA.44678 (2018/N) relating to modification of aid for LNG terminal in Lithuania, in so far as the Commission decided not to raise objections to the State aid resulting from the 2016 amendments;
               
            
                  2.
               
               
                  Dismisses the action as to the remainder;
               
            
                  3.
               
               
                  Orders Achema AB, Achema Gas Trade UAB, the European Commission, the Republic of Lithuania and Ignitis UAB to bear their own costs.
               
            
         (1)  OJ C 206, 17.6.2019.