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Title: Case T-57/11: Judgment of the General Court of 3 December 2014 — Castelnou Energía v Commission (State Aid — Electricity — Compensation of additional production costs — Public service obligation to produce certain volumes of electricity from indigenous coal — Preferential dispatch mechanism — Decision not to raise objections — Decision declaring the aid compatible with the internal market — Action for annulment — Individual concern — Significant effect on a competitive position — Admissibility — Failure to initiate the formal review procedure — Serious difficulties — Service of general economic interest — Security of electricity supply — Article 11(4) of Directive 2003/54/EC — Free movement of goods — Protection of the environment — Directive 2003/87/EC)
Date: 2014-12-03T01:00:00.000+01:00
Metadata: {"title": "Case T-57/11: Judgment of the General Court of 3 December 2014 \u2014 Castelnou Energ\u00eda v Commission (State Aid \u2014 Electricity \u2014 Compensation of additional production costs \u2014 Public service obligation to produce certain volumes of electricity from indigenous coal \u2014 Preferential dispatch mechanism \u2014 Decision not to raise objections \u2014 Decision declaring the aid compatible with the internal market \u2014 Action for annulment \u2014 Individual concern \u2014 Significant effect on a competitive position \u2014 Admissibility \u2014 Failure to initiate the formal review procedure \u2014 Serious difficulties \u2014 Service of general economic interest \u2014 Security of electricity supply \u2014 Article 11(4) of Directive 2003/54/EC \u2014 Free movement of goods \u2014 Protection of the environment \u2014 Directive 2003/87/EC)", "celex": "62011TA0057", "date_of_document": "2014-12-03T00:00:00.000Z", "ecli": "ECLI:EU:UNKNOWN:62011TA0057", "author": "General Court", "form": "Judicial information"}

#### 26.1.2015   

EN

#### Official Journal of the European Union

#### C 26/24

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# Judgment of the General Court of 3 December 2014 — Castelnou Energía v Commission

(Case T-57/11)(1)

((State Aid - Electricity - Compensation of additional production costs - Public service obligation to produce certain volumes of electricity from indigenous coal - Preferential dispatch mechanism - Decision not to raise objections - Decision declaring the aid compatible with the internal market - Action for annulment - Individual concern - Significant effect on a competitive position - Admissibility - Failure to initiate the formal review procedure - Serious difficulties - Service of general economic interest - Security of electricity supply - Article 11(4) of Directive 2003/54/EC - Free movement of goods - Protection of the environment - Directive 2003/87/EC))

(2015/C 026/28)

Language of the case: Spanish

## **Parties**

*Applicant: Castelnou Energía, SL (Madrid, Spain) (represented initially by: E. Garayar Gutiérrez, subsequently by: C. Fernández Vicién, A. Pereda Miquel and C. del Pozo de la Cuadra, then by: C. Fernández Vicién, L. Pérez de Ayala Becerril and D. Antón Vega, and finally by: C. Fernández Vicién, L. Pérez de Ayala Becerril and C. Vila Gisbert, lawyers)*

Defendant: European Commission (represented by: É. Gippini Fournier and C. Urraca Caviedes, acting as Agents)

Intervener in support of the applicant: Greenpeace-España (Madrid, Spain) (represented initially by: N. Ersbøll, S. Rating and A. Criscuolo, and subsequently by: N. Ersbøll and S. Rating, lawyers)

Interveners in support of the defendant: Kingdom of Spain (represented initially by: J. Rodríguez Cárcamo, subsequently by: M. Muñoz Pérez and N. Díaz Abad, then by: N. Díaz Abad and S. Centeno Huerta, and finally by: A. Rubio González and M. Sampol Pucurull, abogados del Estado); Hidroeléctrica del Cantábrico, SA (Oviedo, Spain) (represented by: J. Álvarez de Toledo Saavedra and J. Portomeñe López, lawyers); E.ON Generación, SL (Santander, Spain) (represented initially by: E. Sebastián de Erice Malo de Molina and S. Rodríguez Bajón, and subsequently by: S. Rodríguez Bajón, lawyers); Comunidad Autónoma de Castilla y León (represented initially by: K. Desai, Solicitor, S. Cisnal de Ugarte and M. Peristeraki, lawyers, and subsequently by: S. Cisnal de Ugarte); and Federación Nacional de Empresarios de Minas de Carbón (Carbunión) (Madrid, Spain) (represented initially by: K. Desai, Solicitor, S. Cisnal de Ugarte and M. Peristeraki, lawyers, and subsequently by: S. Cisnal de Ugarte and A. Baumann, lawyers)

## **Re:**

Application for annulment of Commission Decision C(2010) 4499 of 29 September 2010, concerning State aid N178/2010 notified by the Kingdom of Spain in the form of a public service compensation linked to a preferential dispatch mechanism for indigenous coal power plants.

## **Operative part of the judgment**

The Court:

    Dismisses the application;

    Orders Castelnou Energía, SL to bear its own costs and to pay the costs incurred by the European Commission;

    Orders the Kingdom of Spain, Greenpeace-España, Hidroeléctrica del Cantábrico, SA, E.ON Generación, SL, la Comunidad Autónoma de Castilla y León and la Federación Nacional de Empresarios de Minas de Carbón (Carbunión) to bear their own costs.

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[^]: OJ C 80, 12.3.2011.

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