Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 29 March 2012

European Commission v Italian Republic

Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations — State aid — Aid in favour of the hotel industry in Sardinia — Recovery

Case C‑243/10


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Reports of Cases

published in the electronic Reports of Cases (Court Reports - general - 'Information on unpublished decisions' section)

Subject-matter

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Systematic classification scheme

1.
4 Internal policy of the European Union
  4.09 State aid
    4.09.04 Procedure for reviewing aid
      4.09.04.08 Implementation of the Commission decision and recovery
        4.09.04.08.01 Obligations of the Member States
3 Legal proceedings
  3.01 Actions for failure to fulfil obligations
    3.01.03 Defences
4 Internal policy of the European Union
  4.09 State aid
    4.09.04 Procedure for reviewing aid
      4.09.04.08 Implementation of the Commission decision and recovery
        4.09.04.08.01 Obligations of the Member States
4 Internal policy of the European Union
  4.09 State aid
    4.09.04 Procedure for reviewing aid
      4.09.04.08 Implementation of the Commission decision and recovery
        4.09.04.08.02 Beneficiaries of the aid to be recovered
4 Internal policy of the European Union
  4.09 State aid
    4.09.04 Procedure for reviewing aid
      4.09.04.08 Implementation of the Commission decision and recovery
        4.09.04.08.01 Obligations of the Member States


Citations of case-law or legislation

References in grounds of judgment

Operative part

Opinion

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Dates

Date of the lodging of the application initiating proceedings

  • 18/05/2010

Date of the Opinion

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Date of the hearing

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Date of delivery

29/03/2012


References

Publication in the Official Journal

Application: OJ C 209 from 31.07.2010, p.24

Judgment: OJ C 151 from 26.05.2012, p.4

Name of the parties

Commission v Italy

Notes on Academic Writings

  1. Gazin, Fabienne: Récupération des aides, Europe 2012 Mai Comm. nº 5 p.206 (FR)
  2. Derenne, Jacques: Manquement d’État : La CJUE rappelle que le seul moyen de défense susceptible d’être invoqué par un État membre contre un recours un manquement introduit par la Commission sur le fondement de l’article 108, paragraphe 2 TFUE, est celui tiré d’une impossibilité absolue d’exécuter correctement la décision et conclut que l’Italie a manqué à ses obligations (Commission c/ Italie), Concurrences : revue des droits de la concurrence 2012 nº 3 p.168-169 (FR)



Procedural Analysis Information

Source of the question referred for a preliminary ruling

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Subject-matter

  • Competition
  • - State aid

Provisions of national law referred to

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Provisions of international law referred to

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Procedure and result

  • Action for a declaration of failure to fulfil obligations : application granted

Formation of the Court

cinquième chambre (Cour)

Judge-Rapporteur

Safjan

Advocate General

Mazák

Language(s) of the Case

  • Italian

Language(s) of the Opinion

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