Reports of Cases

published in the electronic Reports of Cases (Court Reports - general - 'Information on unpublished decisions' section)

Subject-matter

Annulment of Commission Decision C(2011) 4903 final of 13 July 2011 declaring the State aid granted by Bulgaria to Rousse Industry in the form of debts not paid to the State incompatible with the internal market (Aid C 12/2010 and N 389/2009).

Systematic classification scheme

Citations of case-law or legislation

References in grounds of judgment

• EC Treaty (Amsterdam), Article 88 -P1 : paragraphs 66 - 67
• Treaty of Accession 2005 -N5 : paragraph 67
• Treaty of Accession 2005 -N5PT2 : paragraph 66
• Treaty of Accession 2005 -N5PT2P2 : paragraph 67
• TFEU, Article 107 -P1 : paragraphs 26, 29, 56
• TFEU, Article 108 : paragraph 63
• 12012M-article -P3 : paragraph 79
• Regulation 659/1999 -A01LBPT1 : paragraphs 53, 65
• Regulation 659/1999 -A01LC : paragraphs 26, 52, 54
• Regulation 659/1999 -A14 : paragraphs 24, 75, 78, 81
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -348/93 : paragraph 79
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -342/96 : paragraph 36
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -256/97 : paragraph 36
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -261/99 : paragraph 79
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -382/99 : paragraphs 33, 79
• General Court - Judgment T -152/99 : paragraph 36
• General Court - Judgment T -92/00 : paragraph 50
• General Court - Judgment T -109/01 : paragraph 33
• General Court - Judgment T -195/01 : paragraph 55
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -276/02 : paragraph 33
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -415/03 : paragraph 77
• General Court - Judgment T -189/03 : paragraph 50
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -222/04 : paragraph 49
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -237/04 : paragraph 29
• General Court - Judgment T -222/04 : paragraphs 50, 55
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -441/06 : paragraph 77
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -494/06 : paragraph 49
• General Court - Judgment T -231/06 : paragraph 55
• General Court - Judgment T -177/07 : paragraphs 77, 79

Operative part

• Confirms : Decision 2012/706

Opinion

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Dates

Date of the lodging of the application initiating proceedings

• 20/09/2011

Date of the Opinion

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Date of the hearing

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Date of delivery

20/03/2013

References

Publication in the Official Journal

Application: OJ C 347 from 26.11.2011, p.36

Order: OJ C 355 from 03.12.2011, p.19

Judgment: OJ C 129 from 04.05.2013, p.18

Name of the parties

Rousse Industry v Commission

Notes on Academic Writings

1. Idot, Laurence: Créancier privé en économie de marché. La charge de la preuve des conditions d'application du critère du créancier privé en économie de marché pèse sur la Commission, Europe 2013 Mai Comm. nº 5 p.29 (FR)
2. Arenas Montañana, Nuria: About the Principle of Private Creditor and the Concept of New State Aid, European State Aid Law Quarterly 2013 p.729-734 (EN)

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

• Actions for annulment : dismissal on substantive grounds
  

Formation of the Court

quatrième chambre (Tribunal)

Judge-Rapporteur

Pelikánová

Advocate General

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Language(s) of the Case

• Bulgarian
  

Language(s) of the Opinion

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