CELEX: 62016TA0679
Language: en
Date: 2019-02-26 00:00:00
Title: Case T-679/16: Judgment of the General Court of 26 February 2019 — Athletic Club v Commission (State aid — Aid granted by the Spanish authorities to certain professional football clubs — Preferential tax rate on the income of the clubs authorised to operate as non-profit organisations — Decision declaring that the aid is incompatible with the internal market — Action for annulment — Interest in bringing proceedings — Admissibility — Infra-State measure — Selective nature — Distortion of competition — Effect on trade between Member States — Alteration to existing aid — Duty to state reasons)

8.4.2019   
            
            
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               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 131/40
            
         
      Judgment of the General Court of 26 February 2019 — Athletic Club v Commission
      (Case T-679/16) (1)
      
      (State aid - Aid granted by the Spanish authorities to certain professional football clubs - Preferential tax rate on the income of the clubs authorised to operate as non-profit organisations - Decision declaring that the aid is incompatible with the internal market - Action for annulment - Interest in bringing proceedings - Admissibility - Infra-State measure - Selective nature - Distortion of competition - Effect on trade between Member States - Alteration to existing aid - Duty to state reasons)
      (2019/C 131/44)
      Language of the case: Spanish
      
         Parties
      
      
         Applicant: Athletic Club (Bilbao, Spain) (represented by: E. Lucas Murillo de la Cueva and J.M. Luís Carrasco, lawyers)
      
         Defendant: European Commission (represented by: G. Luengo, B. Stromsky and P. Němečková, Agents)
      
         Re:
      
      Action under Article 263 TFEU for annulment of Articles 1, 4 and 5 of Commission Decision (EU) 2016/2391 of 4 July 2016 on the State aid SA.29769 (2013/C) (ex 2013/NN) implemented by Spain for certain football clubs (OJ 2016 L 357, p.1), in so far as they concern the applicant.
      
         Operative part of the judgment
      
      The Court:
      
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                     Dismisses the action;
                  
               
            
                  2.
               
               
                  
                     Orders Athletic Club to pay the costs.
                  
               
            
         (1)  OJ C 419, 14.11.2016.