CELEX: 62013TA0162
Language: en
Date: 2016-06-09 00:00:00
Title: Case T-162/13: Judgment of the General Court of 9 June 2016 — Magic Mountain Kletterhallen and Others v Commission (State aid — Aid for the construction and operation of climbing centres of Deutscher Alpenverein eV — Decision declaring the aid compatible with the internal market — Aid scheme — More detailed economic analysis — Market failure — Legitimate objective in the public interest — Article 108(2) and (3) TFEU — Serious difficulties)

25.7.2016   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 270/37
            
         Judgment of the General Court of 9 June 2016 — Magic Mountain Kletterhallen and Others v Commission
   (Case T-162/13) (1)
   
   ((State aid - Aid for the construction and operation of climbing centres of Deutscher Alpenverein eV - Decision declaring the aid compatible with the internal market - Aid scheme - More detailed economic analysis - Market failure - Legitimate objective in the public interest - Article 108(2) and (3) TFEU - Serious difficulties))
   (2016/C 270/40)
   Language of the case: German
   
      Parties
   
   
      Applicants: Magic Mountain Kletterhallen GmbH (Berlin, Germany), Kletterhallenverband Klever eV (Leipzig, Germany), Neoliet Beheer BV (Son, Netherlands), and Pedriza BV (Haarlem, Netherlands) (represented by: initially M. von Oppen, A. Gerdung and R. Dreblow, then M. von Oppen, lawyers)
   
      Defendant: European Commission (represented by: T. Maxian Rusche and R. Sauer, acting as Agents)
   
      Interveners in support of the defendants: Deutscher Alpenverein eV (Munich, Germany), and Deutscher Alpenverein, Sektion Berlin eV (Berlin, Germany) (represented by: R. Geulen, lawyer)
   
      Re:
   
   Application on the basis of Article 263 TFEU and seeking the annulment of Commission Decision C(2012) 8761 of 5 December 2012 on State aid SA.33952 (2012/NN) — Germany — Climbing centres of Deutscher Alpenverein.
   
      Operative part of the judgment
   
   The Court:
   
               1.
            
            
               Dismisses the action;
            
         
               2.
            
            
               Orders Magic Mountain Kletterhallen GmbH, Kletterhallenverband Klever eV, Neoliet Beheer BV and Pedriza BV jointly and severally to bear the costs incurred by the European Commission and their own costs;
            
         
               3.
            
            
               Orders Deutscher Alpenverein eV and Deutscher Alpenverein, Sektion Berlin eV to bear their own costs.
            
         
      (1)  OJ C 147, 25.5.2013.