CELEX: 62009TA0457
Language: en
Date: 2014-07-17 00:00:00
Title: Case T-457/09: Judgment of the General Court of 17 July 2014  — Westfälisch-Lippischer Sparkassen- und Giroverband v Commission (State aid — Restructuring of WestLB — Aid to remedy a serious disturbance in the economy of a Member State — Article 87(3)(b) EC — Decision declaring the aid compatible with the common market under certain conditions — Action for annulment — Individual concern — Legal interest in bringing proceedings — Admissibility — Collegiality — Obligation to state reasons — Guidelines on State aid for rescuing and restructuring firms in difficulty — Proportionality — Principle of non-discrimination — Article 295 EC — Article 7(4) of Regulation (EC) No 659/1999)

1.9.2014   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 292/26
            
         Judgment of the General Court of 17 July 2014 — Westfälisch-Lippischer Sparkassen- und Giroverband v Commission
   (Case T-457/09) (1)
   
   ((State aid - Restructuring of WestLB - Aid to remedy a serious disturbance in the economy of a Member State - Article 87(3)(b) EC - Decision declaring the aid compatible with the common market under certain conditions - Action for annulment - Individual concern - Legal interest in bringing proceedings - Admissibility - Collegiality - Obligation to state reasons - Guidelines on State aid for rescuing and restructuring firms in difficulty - Proportionality - Principle of non-discrimination - Article 295 EC - Article 7(4) of Regulation (EC) No 659/1999))
   2014/C 292/31
   Language of the case: German
   
      Parties
   
   
      Applicant: Westfälisch-Lippischer Sparkassen- und Giroverband (Münster, Germany) (represented initially by A. Rosenfeld and I. Liebach, and subsequently by A. Rosenfeld and O. Corzilius, lawyers)
   
      Defendant: European Commission (represented initially by L. Flynn, K. Gross and B. Martenczuk, and subsequently by L. Flynn, B. Martenczuk and T. Maxian Rusche, acting as Agents)
   
      Re:
   
   Action for the annulment of Commission Decision 2009/971/EC of 12 May 2009 on State aid C 43/2008 (ex N 390/2008) which Germany proposes to grant towards the restructuring of WestLB AG (OJ 2009 L 345, p. 1).
   
      Operative part of the judgment
   
   The Court:
   
               1.
            
            
               Rejects the Commission’s request for a declaration that there is no need to adjudicate;
            
         
               2.
            
            
               Dismisses the action;
            
         
               3.
            
            
               Orders Westfälisch-Lippischer Sparkassen- und Giroverband to bear its own costs and to pay those incurred by the Commission, including the costs relating to the interim proceedings.
            
         
      (1)  OJ C 11, 16.1.2010.