CELEX: 62020CA0666
Language: en
Date: 2022-03-24 00:00:00
Title: Case C-666/20 P: Judgment of the Court (Seventh Chamber) of 24 March 2022 — Gesamtverband Verkehrsgewerbe Niedersachsen eV (GVN) v European Commission, Federal Republic of Germany, Land Niedersachsen (Germany) (Appeal — State aid — Concept of ‘aid’ — Public passenger transport — Compensating the costs related to the performance of public service obligations — Transfer of financial resources between public authorities — Obligation for the municipal transport authorities to determine reduced tariffs for students and apprentices — No advantage granted by the State to an undertaking — Concept of ‘undertaking’)

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 — Gesamtverband Verkehrsgewerbe Niedersachsen eV (GVN) v European Commission, Federal Republic of Germany, Land Niedersachsen (Germany)
      (Case C-666/20 P) (1)
      
      (Appeal - State aid - Concept of ‘aid’ - Public passenger transport - Compensating the costs related to the performance of public service obligations - Transfer of financial resources between public authorities - Obligation for the municipal transport authorities to determine reduced tariffs for students and apprentices - No advantage granted by the State to an undertaking - Concept of ‘undertaking’)
      (2022/C 198/10)
      Language of the case: German
      
         Parties
      
      
         Appellant: Gesamtverband Verkehrsgewerbe Niedersachsen eV (GVN) (represented by: C. Antweiler, Rechtsanwalt)
      
         Other parties to the proceedings: European Commission (represented by: F. Tomat and K. Blanck, agents), Federal Republic of Germany, Land Niedersachsen (Germany) (represented by: S. Barth and H. Gading, Rechtsanwältinnen)
      
         Operative part of the judgment
      
      The Court:
      
                  1.
               
               
                  Dismisses the appeal;
               
            
                  2.
               
               
                  Orders Gesamtverband Verkehrsgewerbe Niedersachsen eV (GVN) 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.