CELEX: 62010TA0202
Language: en
Date: 2018-11-15 00:00:00
Title: Joined Cases T-202/10 RENV II and T-203/10 RENV II: Judgment of the General Court of 15 November 2018 — Stichting Woonlinie and Others v Commission (State aid — Social housing — Aid scheme for housing corporations — Existing aids — Member State commitments — Decision declaring the aid compatible with the internal market — Article 17 of Regulation (EC) No 659/1999 — Service of general economic interest — Article 106(2) TFEU — Definition of the public service mission)

21.1.2019   
            
            
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               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 25/31
            
         
      Judgment of the General Court of 15 November 2018 — Stichting Woonlinie and Others v Commission
      (Joined Cases T-202/10 RENV II and T-203/10 RENV II) (1)
      
      ((State aid - Social housing - Aid scheme for housing corporations - Existing aids - Member State commitments - Decision declaring the aid compatible with the internal market - Article 17 of Regulation (EC) No 659/1999 - Service of general economic interest - Article 106(2) TFEU - Definition of the public service mission))
      (2019/C 25/39)
      Language of the case: Dutch
      
         Parties
      
      
         Applicants in Case T-202/10 RENV II: Stichting Woonlinie (Woudrichem, Netherlands), Woningstichting Volksbelang (Wijk bij Duurstede, Netherlands) and Stichting Woonstede (Ede, Netherlands) (represented by: L. Hancher, E. Besselink, J. de Kok, Y. de Vries and F. van Orden, lawyers)
      
         Applicants in Case T-203/10 RENV II: Stichting Woonpunt (Maastricht, Netherlands), Woningstichting Haag Wonen (The Hague, Netherlands) and Stichting Woonbedrijf SWS.Hhvl (Eindhoven, Netherlands) (represented by: L. Hancher, E. Besselink, J. de Kok, Y. de Vries and F. van Orden, lawyers)
      
         Defendant: European Commission (represented by: S. Noë and P.J. Loewenthal, acting as Agents)
      
         Intervener in support of the applicants: Kingdom of Belgium (represented by: J.-C. Halleux and L. Van den Broeck, acting as Agents)
      
         Intervener in support of the defendant: Vereniging van Institutionele Beleggers in Vastgoed, Nederland (IVBN) (Voorburg, Netherlands) (represented by: M. Meulenbelt and B. Natens, lawyers)
      
         Re:
      
      Application under Article 263 TFEU seeking the partial annulment of Commission Decision C(2009) 9963 final of 15 December 2009 relating to State aid No E 2/2005 and N 642/2009 — The Netherlands — Existing and special project aid to housing corporations.
      
         Operative part of the judgment
      
      The Court:
      
                  1.
               
               
                  Dismisses the actions.
               
            
                  2.
               
               
                  Stichting Woonlinie, Woningstichting Volksbelang and Stichting Woonstede are ordered to bear their own costs, those incurred by the European Commission in Cases T-202/10, T-202/10 RENV, T-202/10 RENV II, C-133/12 P and C-414/15 P and those incurred by Vereniging van Institutionele Beleggers in Vastgoed, Nederland (IVBN) in Cases T-202/10, T-202/10 RENV and T-202/10 RENV II.
               
            
                  3.
               
               
                  Stichting Woonpunt, Woningstichting Haag Wonen and Stichting Woonbedrijf SWS.Hhvl are ordered to bear their own costs, those incurred by the Commission in Cases T-203/10, T-203/10 RENV, T-203/10 RENV II, C-132/12 P and C-415/15 P and those incurred by IVBN in Cases T-203/10, T-203/10 RENV and T-203/10 RENV II.
               
            
                  4.
               
               
                  The Kingdom of Belgium is ordered to bear its own costs.
               
            
         (1)  OJ C 179, 3.7.2010.