Judgment of the General Court of 10 November 2011 - Elliniki Nafpigokataskevastiki and Others v Commission
(Case T-384/08)
(State aid - Shipbuilding - Aid granted by the Greek authorities in the form of an indemnification guarantee - Decision declaring the aid incompatible with the common market - Concept of State aid - Imputability to the State - State resources - Private investor test)
Language of the case: English
Parties
Applicants: Elliniki Nafpigokataskevastiki AE Chartofylakeiou (Chaidari, Greece); Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft GmbH (Kiel, Germany); and ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems AG (Hamburg, Germany) (represented by: U. Soltész and C. von Köckritz, lawyers)
Defendant: European Commission (represented by: L. Flynn, M. Konstantinidis and C. Urraca Caviedes, Agents)
Intervener in support of the defendant: Trapeza Peiraios AE (Athens, Greece) (represented by S. Pappas, I. Ktenidis and C. Apalagaki, lawyers)
Re:
Application for annulment of Article 16 of Commission Decision 2009/610/EC of 2 July 2008 on the measures C 16/04 (ex NN 29/04, CP 71/02 and CP 133/05) implemented by Greece in favour of Hellenic Shipyards SA (OJ 2009 L 225, p. 104).
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
Dismisses the action;
Orders Elliniki Nafpigokataskevastiki AE Chartofylakeiou, Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft GmbH and ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems AG to bear their own costs and to pay those incurred by the European Commission and by Trapeza Peiraios AE.
____________1 - OJ C 301, 22.11.2008.