CELEX: 62013TA0186
Language: en
Date: 2015-06-30 00:00:00
Title: Joined Cases T-186/13, T-190/13 and T-193/13: Judgment of the General Court of 30 June 2015 — Netherlands and Others v Commission (State aid — Sale of land — Aid granted to Schouten-de Jong Bouwfonds by a public-private partnership set up by the Municipality of Leidschendam-Voorburg — Reduction in the sale price of land and retroactive exemption from payment of the fees payable for its exploitation and quality — Decision declaring the aid incompatible with the common market and ordering its recovery — Concept of aid — Private-investor test — Assessment of all factors relevant to the transaction at issue and its context)

20150731038616962015/C 270/271862013TC27020150817EN01ENINFO_JUDICIAL20150630222322Joined Cases T-186/13, T-190/13 and T-193/13: Judgment of the General Court of 30 June 2015 — Netherlands and Others v Commission (State aid — Sale of land — Aid granted to Schouten-de Jong Bouwfonds by a public-private partnership set up by the Municipality of Leidschendam-Voorburg — Reduction in the sale price of land and retroactive exemption from payment of the fees payable for its exploitation and quality — Decision declaring the aid incompatible with the common market and ordering its recovery — Concept of aid — Private-investor test — Assessment of all factors relevant to the transaction at issue and its context)
 ---documentbreak--- C2702015EN2220120150630EN0027222232Judgment of the General Court of 30 June 2015 — Netherlands and Others v Commission
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   ‛(State aid — Sale of land — Aid granted to Schouten-de Jong Bouwfonds by a public-private partnership set up by the Municipality of Leidschendam-Voorburg — Reduction in the sale price of land and retroactive exemption from payment of the fees payable for its exploitation and quality — Decision declaring the aid incompatible with the common market and ordering its recovery — Concept of aid — Private-investor test — Assessment of all factors relevant to the transaction at issue and its context)’2015/C 270/27Language of the cases: Dutch
      Parties
   
   
      Applicants: Kingdom of the Netherlands (represented by: M. Bulterman, B. Koopman and J. Langer, acting as Agents) (Case T-186/13); Gemeente Leidschendam-Voorburg (Netherlands) (represented by: A. de Groot and J.-K. Sluijs, lawyers) (Case T-190/13); Bouwfonds Ontwikkeling BV (Hoevelaken, Netherlands) and Schouten & De Jong Projectontwikkeling BV (Leidschendam, Netherlands) (represented by: E. Pijnacker Hordijk and X. Reintjes, lawyers) (Case T-193/13)
   
      Defendant: European Commission (represented by: P.J. Loewenthal and S. Noë, acting as Agents)
   
      Re:
   
   Action for annulment of Commission Decision C(2013) 87 of 23 January 2013 on State aid SA.24123 (2012/C) (ex 2011/NN) implemented by the Netherlands — Alleged sale of land below market price by the Municipality of Leidschendam-Voorburg.
   
      Operative part of the judgment
   
   The Court:
   
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            Annuls Commission Decision C(2013) 87 of 23 January 2013 on State aid SA.24123 (2012/C) (ex 2011/NN) implemented by the Netherlands — Alleged sale of land below market price by the Municipality of Leidschendam-Voorburg;
         
      
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            Orders the European Commission to bear its own costs and to pay those incurred by the Kingdom of the Netherlands, the Gemeente Leidschendam-Voorburg, Bouwfonds Ontwikkeling BV and Schouten & De Jong Projectontwikkeling BV.
         
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      )	OJ C 156, 1.6.2013.