CELEX: 62015CA0486
Language: en
Date: 2016-11-30 00:00:00
Title: Case C-486/15 P: Judgment of the Court (Sixth Chamber) of 30 November 2016 — European Commission v French Republic, Orange, Federal Republic of Germany (Appeal — State aid — Financial measures for France Télécom — Shareholder loan offer — Public statements by representatives of the French State — Decision declaring the aid incompatible with the common market — Definition of ‘aid’ — Concept of ‘economic advantage’ — Prudent private investor criterion — Obligation of the General Court to state reasons — Limits of judicial review — Distortion of the decision at issue)

30.1.2017   
            
            
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               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 30/12
            
         Judgment of the Court (Sixth Chamber) of 30 November 2016 — European Commission v French Republic, Orange, Federal Republic of Germany
   (Case C-486/15 P) (1)
   
   ((Appeal - State aid - Financial measures for France Télécom - Shareholder loan offer - Public statements by representatives of the French State - Decision declaring the aid incompatible with the common market - Definition of ‘aid’ - Concept of ‘economic advantage’ - Prudent private investor criterion - Obligation of the General Court to state reasons - Limits of judicial review - Distortion of the decision at issue))
   (2017/C 030/12)
   Language of the case: French
   
      Parties
   
   
      Appellant: European Commission (represented by: C. Giolito, B. Stromsky, D. Grespan and T. Rusche, acting as Agents)
   
      Other parties to the proceedings: French Republic (represented by: G. de Bergues and D. Colas and by J. Bousin, acting as Agents), Orange, formerly France Télécom (represented by: S. Hautbourg and S. Cochard-Quesson, avocats), Federal Republic of Germany
   
      Operative part of the judgment
   
   The Court:
   
               1.
            
            
               Dismisses the appeal;
            
         
               2.
            
            
               Orders the European Commission to pay the costs.
            
         
      (1)  OJ C 381, 16.11.2015.