CELEX: 62015CA0211
Language: en
Date: 2016-10-26 00:00:00
Title: Case C-211/15 P: Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 26 October 2016 — Orange, formerly France Télécom v European Commission (Appeal — Competition — State aid — Aid granted by the French Republic to France Télécom — Reform of the arrangements for financing the retirement pensions of civil servants working for France Télécom — Reduction of the compensation to be paid to the State by France Télécom — Decision declaring the aid compatible with the internal market under certain conditions — Definition of aid — Definition of economic advantage — Selective nature — Adverse effect on competition — Distortion of the facts — No statement of reasons — Substitution of grounds)

9.1.2017   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 6/14
            
         Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 26 October 2016 — Orange, formerly France Télécom v European Commission
   (Case C-211/15 P) (1)
   
   ((Appeal - Competition - State aid - Aid granted by the French Republic to France Télécom - Reform of the arrangements for financing the retirement pensions of civil servants working for France Télécom - Reduction of the compensation to be paid to the State by France Télécom - Decision declaring the aid compatible with the internal market under certain conditions - Definition of aid - Definition of economic advantage - Selective nature - Adverse effect on competition - Distortion of the facts - No statement of reasons - Substitution of grounds))
   (2017/C 006/17)
   Language of the case: French
   
      Parties
   
   
      Appellant: Orange, formerly France Télécom (represented by: S. Hautbourg and S. Cochard-Quesson, avocats)
   
      Other party to the proceedings: European Commission (represented by: B. Stromsky and L. Flynn, acting as Agents)
   
      Operative part of the judgment
   
   The Court:
   
               1.
            
            
               Dismisses the appeal;
            
         
               2.
            
            
               Orders Orange to pay the costs.
            
         
      (1)  OJ C 245, 27.7.2015.