CELEX: 62011CA0646
Language: en
Date: 2013-01-24 00:00:00
Title: Case C-646/11 P: Judgment of the Court (Eighth Chamber) of 24 January 2013 — Falles Fagligt Forbund (3F), formerly Specialarbejderforbundet i Danmark (SID) v European Commission, Kingdom of Denmark (Appeal — State aid — Tax-reduction measures — Seafarers working on board vessels registered in the Danish International Register — Article 88(3) EC — Preliminary examination stage — Commission decision not to raise objections — Action for annulment — Conditions for initiating the formal investigation procedure — Existence of doubts regarding the compatibility of the aid with the common market — Period for the examination)

9.3.2013   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 71/4
            
         Judgment of the Court (Eighth Chamber) of 24 January 2013 — Falles Fagligt Forbund (3F), formerly Specialarbejderforbundet i Danmark (SID) v European Commission, Kingdom of Denmark
   (Case C-646/11 P) (1)
   
   (Appeal - State aid - Tax-reduction measures - Seafarers working on board vessels registered in the Danish International Register - Article 88(3) EC - Preliminary examination stage - Commission decision not to raise objections - Action for annulment - Conditions for initiating the formal investigation procedure - Existence of doubts regarding the compatibility of the aid with the common market - Period for the examination)
   2013/C 71/07
   Language of the case: English
   
      Parties
   
   
      Appellant: Falles Fagligt Forbund (3F), formerly Specialarbejderforbundet i Danmark (SID) (represented by: P. Torbøl, advokat, S. Aparicio Hill, abogada, and V. Edwards, Solicitor)
   
      Other parties to the proceedings: European Commission (represented by: H. van Vliet and P.-J. Loewenthal, Agents), Kingdom of Denmark (represented by: C. Vang and C. Thorning, Agents)
   
      Re:
   
   Appeal against the judgment of the General Court (Second Chamber) of 27 September 2011 in Case T-30/03 RENV 3F v Commission by which the General Court dismissed the application for annulment of Commission Decision C(2002) 4370 final of 13 November 2002 finding the tax-reduction measures applicable to seafarers on board Danish vessels to be State aid compatible with the common market (Case C-319/07 P referred back after successful appeal)
   
      Operative part of the judgment
   
   The Court:
   
               1.
            
            
               Dismisses the appeal;
            
         
               2.
            
            
               Orders Falles Fagligt Forbund (3F) to pay the costs;
            
         
               3.
            
            
               Orders the Kingdom of Denmark to bear its own costs.
            
         
      (1)  OJ C 65, 3.3.2012.