Judgment of the Court (Sixth Chamber) of 28 June 2012 - European Commission v Hellenic Republic
(Case C-485/10)
(Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations - State aid - Aid granted to Ellinika Nafpigeia AE - Incompatibility with the common market - Recovery - Non-execution)
Language of the case: Greek
Parties
Applicant: European Commission (represented by: B. Stromsky and M. Konstantinidis, acting as Agents)
Defendant: Hellenic Republic (represented by: P. Milonopoulos and K. Boskovits, acting as Agents, V. Christianos, lawyer)
Re:
Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations - Failure to have taken, within the period prescribed, the measures necessary to comply with Commission Decision 2009/610/EC of 2 July 2008 on aid C 16/04 (ex NN 29/04, CP 71/02 and CP 133/05) granted by Greece to Hellenic Shipyards SA (notified under number C(2008) 3118) (OJ 2008 L 225, p. 104)
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
1. Declares that, by failing to take, within the period prescribed, all the measures necessary in order to implement Commission Decision 2009/610/EC of 2 July 2008 on aid C 16/04 (ex NN 29/04, CP 71/02 and CP 133/05) granted by Greece to Hellenic Shipyards SA, and by failing to provide the information listed in Article 19 of that decision to the European Commission, the Hellenic Republic failed to fulfil its obligations under Articles 2, 3, 5, 6, 8, 9 and 11 to 19 of that decision;
2. Orders the Hellenic Republic to pay the costs.
____________1 - OJ C 328, 4.12.2010.