CELEX: 62015CA0131
Language: en
Date: 2016-12-21 00:00:00
Title: Case C-131/15 P: Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 21 December 2016 — Club Hotel Loutraki v European Commission, Hellenic Republic, Organismos Prognostikon Agonon Podosfairou AE (OPAP) (Appeal — State aid — Operation of Video Lottery Terminals — Grant by a Member State of an exclusive licence — Decision finding no State aid — Article 108(3) TFEU — Regulation (EC) No 659/1999 — Articles 4, 7 and 13 — Failure to initiate the formal investigation procedure — Concept of ‘serious difficulties’ — Date of the assessment — Article 296 TFEU — Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union — Article 41 — Obligation to state reasons — Article 47 — Right to effective judicial protection — Article 107(1) TFEU — Concept of ‘economic advantage’ — Joint assessment of the measures notified)

20.2.2017   
            
            
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               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 53/8
            
         Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 21 December 2016 — Club Hotel Loutraki v European Commission, Hellenic Republic, Organismos Prognostikon Agonon Podosfairou AE (OPAP)
   (Case C-131/15 P) (1)
   
   ((Appeal - State aid - Operation of Video Lottery Terminals - Grant by a Member State of an exclusive licence - Decision finding no State aid - Article 108(3) TFEU - Regulation (EC) No 659/1999 - Articles 4, 7 and 13 - Failure to initiate the formal investigation procedure - Concept of ‘serious difficulties’ - Date of the assessment - Article 296 TFEU - Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union - Article 41 - Obligation to state reasons - Article 47 - Right to effective judicial protection - Article 107(1) TFEU - Concept of ‘economic advantage’ - Joint assessment of the measures notified))
   (2017/C 053/09)
   Language of the case: English
   
      Parties
   
   
      Appellants: Club Hotel Loutraki AE, Vivere Entertainment AE, Theros International Gaming, Inc., Elliniko Casino Kerkyras, Casino Rodos, Porto Carras AE, Kazino Aigaiou AE (represented by: I. Ioannidis, dikigoros, and S. Pappas, avocat)
   
      Other parties to the proceedings: European Commission (represented by: A. Bouchagiar and P.-J. Loewenthal, acting as Agents), Hellenic Republic, Organismos Prognostikon Agonon Podosfairou AE (OPAP) (represented by: A. Tomtsis, dikigoros, and M. Petite, avocat)
   
      Operative part of the judgment
   
   The Court:
   
               1.
            
            
               Dismisses the appeal;
            
         
               2.
            
            
               Orders Club Hotel Loutraki AE, Vivere Entertainment AE, Theros International Gaming, Inc., Elliniko Casino Kerkyras, Casino Rodos, Porto Carras AE and Kazino Aigaiou AE to pay the costs.
            
         
      (1)  OJ C 198, 15.6.2015.