CELEX: 62015TA0284
Language: en
Date: 2018-12-13 00:00:00
Title: Case T-284/15: Judgment of the General Court of 13 December 2018 — AlzChem v Commission (State aid — Chemical industry — Decision to continue the operation of an undertaking during insolvency proceedings — Decision finding no State aid — Action for annulment — Individual concern — Admissibility — Concept of State aid — Advantage — Private creditor test — Whether attributable to the State — Duty to state reasons)

4.3.2019   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 82/34
            
         
      Judgment of the General Court of 13 December 2018 — AlzChem v Commission
      (Case T-284/15) (1)
      
      ((State aid - Chemical industry - Decision to continue the operation of an undertaking during insolvency proceedings - Decision finding no State aid - Action for annulment - Individual concern - Admissibility - Concept of State aid - Advantage - Private creditor test - Whether attributable to the State - Duty to state reasons))
      (2019/C 82/38)
      Language of the case: English
      
         Parties
      
      
         Applicant: AlzChem AG (Trostberg, Germany) (represented by: initially P. Alexiadis, Solicitor, A. Borsos and I. Georgiopoulos, lawyers, and subsequently P. Alexiadis, A. Borsos, E. Kazili, P. Oravec et K. Csach, lawyers)
      
         Defendant: European Commission (represented by: G. Conte and L. Armati, acting as Agents)
      
         Interveners in support of the defendant: Slovak Republic (represented by: B. Ricziová, acting as Agent); and Fortischem a.s. (Nováky, Slovakia) (represented by: C. Arhold, P. Hodál and M. Staroň, lawyers)
      
         Re:
      
      Application pursuant to Article 263 TFEU seeking the annulment of Article 2 of Commission Decision (EU) 2015/1826 of 15 October 2014 on State aid SA.33797 — (2013/C) (ex 2013/NN) (ex 2011/CP) implemented by Slovakia for NCHZ (OJ 2015 L 269, p. 71).
      
         Operative part of the judgment
      
      The Court:
      
                  1.
               
               
                  Annuls Article 2 of Commission Decision (EU) 2015/1826 of 15 October 2014 on State aid SA.33797 (2013/C) (ex 2013/NN) (ex 2011/CP) implemented by Slovakia for NCHZ;
               
            
                  2.
               
               
                  Orders the European Commission to bear its own costs and to pay those of AlzChem AG;
               
            
                  3.
               
               
                  Orders the Slovak Republic and Fortischem a.s. to bear their own costs.
               
            
         (1)  OJ C 302, 14.9.2015.