CELEX: 62011TN0538
Language: en
Date: 2011-10-10 00:00:00
Title: Case T-538/11: Action brought on 10 October 2011 — Belgium v Commission

26.11.2011   
            
            
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               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 347/42
            
         Action brought on 10 October 2011 — Belgium v Commission
   (Case T-538/11)
   2011/C 347/75
   Language of the case: Dutch
   
      Parties
   
   
      Applicant: Kingdom of Belgium (represented by: C. Pochet and J. Halleux, Agents, and by L. Van den Hende, lawyer)
   
      Defendant: European Commission
   
      Form of order sought
   
   The applicant claims that the Court should:
   
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               annul the Commission Decision of 27 July 2011 concerning the State aid for financing screening of transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSE) in bovine animals implemented by Belgium (State aid C 44/08 (ex NN 45/04));
            
         
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               order the Commission to pay the costs.
            
         
      Pleas in law and main arguments
   
   In support of the action, the applicant relies on one plea in law.
   
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               First plea in law, alleging infringement of Article 107(1) TFEU.
               
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                           The measures implemented by Belgium do not entail a selective advantage for farmers, slaughterhouses and entities that process, handle, sell or trade in bovine animal products that are subject to compulsory BSE testing under the applicable legislation.