CELEX: 62019CA0148
Language: en
Date: 2020-05-07 00:00:00
Title: Case C-148/19 P: Judgment of the Court (Seventh Chamber) of 7 May 2020 — BTB Holding Investments SA, Duferco Participations Holding SA v European Commission, Foreign Strategic Investments Holding (FSIH) (Appeal — State aid — Regional aid to the steel industry — Decision declaring that aid incompatible with the common market — Concept of ‘State aid’ — Advantage — Private operator test — Manifest error — Burden of proof — Limits of judicial review)

20.7.2020   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 240/18
            
         
      Judgment of the Court (Seventh Chamber) of 7 May 2020 — BTB Holding Investments SA, Duferco Participations Holding SA v European Commission, Foreign Strategic Investments Holding (FSIH)
      (Case C-148/19 P) (1)
      
      (Appeal - State aid - Regional aid to the steel industry - Decision declaring that aid incompatible with the common market - Concept of ‘State aid’ - Advantage - Private operator test - Manifest error - Burden of proof - Limits of judicial review)
      (2020/C 240/23)
      Language of the case: French
      
         Parties
      
      
         Appellants: BTB Holding Investments SA, Duferco Participations Holding SA (represented by: J.-F. Bellis, R. Luff, M. Favert and Q. Declève, avocats)
      
         Other parties to the proceedings: European Commission (represented by: V. Bottka and G. Luengo, acting as Agents), Foreign Strategic Investments Holding (FSIH)
      
         Operative part of the judgment
      
      The Court:
      
                  1.
               
               
                  Dismisses the appeal;
               
            
                  2.
               
               
                  Orders BTB Holding Investments SA and Duferco Participations Holding SA to pay the costs.
               
            
         (1)  OJ C 182, 27.5.2019.