CELEX: 62020CA0656
Language: en
Date: 2022-03-24 00:00:00
Title: Case C-656/20 P: Judgment of the Court (Seventh Chamber) of 24 March 2022 — Hermann Albers eK v European Commission, Federal Republic of Germany, Land Niedersachsen (Germany) (Appeal — State aid — Concept of ‘aid’ — Public transport of passengers — Offsetting of costs involved in the performance of public service obligations — Transfer of financial resources between public authorities — Obligation for municipal authorities that organise transport to guarantee reduced tariffs for students and apprentices — Lack of an advantage granted by the State to an undertaking — Obligation to notify)

16.5.2022   
            
            
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               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 198/7
            
         
      Judgment of the Court (Seventh Chamber) of 24 March 2022 — Hermann Albers eK v European Commission, Federal Republic of Germany, Land Niedersachsen (Germany)
      (Case C-656/20 P) (1)
      
      (Appeal - State aid - Concept of ‘aid’ - Public transport of passengers - Offsetting of costs involved in the performance of public service obligations - Transfer of financial resources between public authorities - Obligation for municipal authorities that organise transport to guarantee reduced tariffs for students and apprentices - Lack of an advantage granted by the State to an undertaking - Obligation to notify)
      (2022/C 198/09)
      Language of the case: German
      
         Parties
      
      
         Appellant: Hermann Albers eK (represented by: S. Roling, Rechtsanwalt)
      
         Other parties to the proceedings: European Commission (represented by: F. Tomat and K. Blanck, acting as Agents), Federal Republic of Germany, Land Niedersachsen (Germany) (represented by: S. Barth and H. Gading, Rechtsanwältinen)
      
         Operative part of the judgment
      
      The Court:
      
                  1.
               
               
                  Dismisses the appeal;
               
            
                  2.
               
               
                  Orders Hermann Albers eK to bear its own costs and to pay those incurred by the European Commission;
               
            
                  3.
               
               
                  Orders Land Niedersachsen (Germany) to bear its own costs.
               
            
         (1)  OJ C 44, 8.2.2021.