Reports of Cases
2011 II-01311
Subject-matter
Partial annulment of Commission Decision C (2008) 3512 final of 23 July 2008 in so far as it declares the EUR 350 million which Germany intends to grant to Leipzig/Halle airport in the form of a capital contribution for the purposes of funding investments relating to the construction of the new southern runway to be State aid compatible with the common market (Measure C 48/2006 (ex N 227/2006))
Systematic classification scheme
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3 Legal proceedings
3.02 Actions for annulment
3.02.03 Applications by natural or legal persons
3.02.03.01 Interest in bringing proceedings
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4 Internal policy of the European Union
4.09 State aid
4.09.04 Procedure for reviewing aid
4.09.04.07 Commission decision following the formal investigation procedure
4.09.04.07.00 General
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4.09.04.03 Direct effect of the final sentence of Article 108(3) TFEU and role of national courts
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4 Internal policy of the European Union
4.09 State aid
4.09.04 Procedure for reviewing aid
4.09.04.03 Direct effect of the final sentence of Article 108(3) TFEU and role of national courts
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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
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4 Internal policy of the European Union
4.08 Competition
4.08.00 EU competition rules
4.08.00.06 Definition of undertaking
4.08.00.06.01
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4 Internal policy of the European Union
4.09 State aid
4.09.00 General
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4 Internal policy of the European Union
4.09 State aid
4.09.00 General
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4 Internal policy of the European Union
4.09 State aid
4.09.01 Definition of aid
4.09.01.01 Imputability to a public body
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4 Internal policy of the European Union
4.09 State aid
4.09.04 Procedure for reviewing aid
4.09.04.01 Existing aid and new aid
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4 Internal policy of the European Union
4.09 State aid
4.09.04 Procedure for reviewing aid
4.09.04.00 General
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2 Institutional framework of the European Union
2.05 Legal acts of the European Union
2.05.06 Statement of reasons
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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
4.09.04.08.03 Amount of aid to be recovered
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Citations of case-law or legislation
References in grounds of judgment
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EC Treaty (Amsterdam), Article 5
-L2 : paragraph 205
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EC Treaty (Amsterdam), Article 7
-P1L2 : paragraph 201
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EC Treaty (Amsterdam), Article 86
-P2 : paragraph 128
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EC Treaty (Amsterdam), Article 87
: paragraphs 104, 128, 143, 204
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EC Treaty (Amsterdam), Article 87
-P1 : paragraphs 47, 64, 87, 90, 92, 102, 105, 106, 113, 129, 132, 140, 157, 158, 181, 203, 207, 225, 226, 228, 229
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EC Treaty (Amsterdam), Article 87
-P2 : paragraph 203
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EC Treaty (Amsterdam), Article 87
-P3 : paragraphs 64, 203
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EC Treaty (Amsterdam), Article 87
-P3LC : paragraphs 48, 167, 224
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EC Treaty (Amsterdam), Article 88
: paragraphs 104, 202, 204
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EC Treaty (Amsterdam), Article 88
-P1 : paragraph 208
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EC Treaty (Amsterdam), Article 88
-P3 : paragraphs 51, 60, 187
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EC Treaty (Amsterdam), Article 230
: paragraph 64
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EC Treaty (Amsterdam), Article 234
: paragraph 55
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Regulation 659/1999
-A01LBLV : paragraphs 188, 194, 193
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Regulation 659/1999
-A13P2 : paragraph 231
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Commission - Other Acts - 52005XC1209(03)
: paragraph 54
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Commission - Other Acts - 52006XC0818(01)
: paragraph 131
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Court of Justice - Judgment C -173/73
: paragraph 102
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Court of Justice - Judgment C -222/84
: paragraph 55
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Court of Justice - Judgment C -234/84
: paragraph 50
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Court of Justice - Judgment C -118/85
: paragraph 129
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Court of Justice - Judgment C -102/87
: paragraph 227
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General Court - Judgment T -138/89
: paragraph 58
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Court of Justice - Judgment C -354/90
: paragraph 202
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Court of Justice - Judgment C -387/92
: paragraphs 128, 187
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Court of Justice - Judgment C -241/94
: paragraphs 102, 130
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Court of Justice - Judgment C -355/95
: paragraph 223
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General Court - Judgment T -65/96
: paragraph 222
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General Court - Judgment T -296/97
: paragraph 65
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General Court - Judgment T -298/97
: paragraph 187
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General Court - Judgment T -597/97
: paragraph 62
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General Court - Order T -78/98
: paragraph 62
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General Court - Judgment T -128/98
: paragraph 158
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General Court - Judgment T -59/99
: paragraph 232
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General Court - Judgment T -228/99
: paragraph 50
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Court of Justice - Judgment C -424/99
: paragraph 55
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Court of Justice - Judgment C -482/99
: paragraphs 130, 143
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Court of Justice - Judgment C -50/00
: paragraph 55
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Court of Justice - Judgment C -74/00
: paragraph 50
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General Court - Judgment T -212/00
: paragraph 49
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General Court - Judgment T -251/00
: paragraph 223
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General Court - Judgment T -301/01
: paragraph 66
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General Court - Judgment T -27/02
: paragraph 208
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General Court - Judgment T -34/02
: paragraph 87
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General Court - Judgment T -20/03
: paragraph 102
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General Court - Judgment T -141/03
: paragraphs 46, 55, 58
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Court of Justice - Judgment C -182/03
: paragraph 104
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Court of Justice - Judgment C -205/03
: paragraphs 88, 95
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General Court - Judgment T -289/03
: paragraph 159
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General Court - Judgment T -349/03
: paragraph 194
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General Court - Judgment T -196/04
: paragraphs 93, 105
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Court of Justice - Judgment C -222/04
: paragraphs 88, 89, 128
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General Court - Judgment T -233/04
: paragraph 64
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General Court - Judgment T -304/04
: paragraph 102
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General Court - Judgment T -136/05
: paragraphs 46, 49, 58
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Court of Justice - Judgment C -199/06
: paragraphs 60, 229
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Court of Justice - Judgment C -341/06
: paragraphs 90, 91, 104, 109
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Court of Justice - Judgment C -49/07
: paragraphs 88, 89, 98
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Court of Justice - Judgment C -384/07
: paragraph 60
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General Court - Judgment T -443/08
: paragraphs 51, 64, 67
Operative part
Opinion
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Dates
Date of the lodging of the application initiating proceedings
Date of the Opinion
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Date of the hearing
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Date of delivery
24/03/2011
References
Publication in the Official Journal
Applications: OJ C 327 from 20.12.2008, p.35
Judgment: OJ C 145 from 14.05.2011, p.24
Name of the parties
Freistaat Sachsen and Others v Commission
Notes on Academic Writings
- Idot, Laurence: Notion d'entreprise et activité économique, Europe 2011 Mai 2011 Comm. nº 5 p.37 (FR)
- Chérot, Jean-Yves: Notion d’activité économique - Construction des infrastructures aéroportuaires : Le Tribunal de l’UE juge pour la première fois qu’un exploitant d’aéroport doit financer au moyen de ses ressources propres les coûts des constructions qui sont à la base de son activité économique (Mitteldeutsche Flughafen et Flughafen Leipzig-Halle c/ Commission), Concurrences : revue des droits de la concurrence 2011 nº 2 p.172-176 (FR)
- Sevinga, K. ; Saanen, N.: De aanleg van infrastructuur als economische activiteit, Nederlands tijdschrift voor Europees recht 2011 p.209-214 (NL)
- Wiemer, Dirk T.: EuG: Beihilfe zugunsten des Flughafens Leipzig/Halle - Finanzierung der Investitionen in den Bau der neuen Start- und Landebahn Süd - Entscheidung, mit der die Beihilfe für mit dem Gemeinsamen Markt vereinbar erklärt wird - Nichtigkeitsklage - kein Rechtsschutzinteresse - Begriff des Unternehmens und der wirtschaftlichen Tätigkeit - Flughafeninfrastruktur, Zeitschrift für Beihilfenrecht 2011 p.189-190 (DE)
- Monzani, Saul: Il finanziamento delle infrastrutture quale presupposto per l'esercizio di un'attività di impresa da parte dei gestori aeroportuali., Il Foro amministrativo 2011 p.2202-2213 (IT)
- Barbier De La Serre, Éric: L’insaisissable intérêt à agir des bénéficiaires d’une aide contre la décision la déclarant compatible, Revue Lamy de la Concurrence : droit, économie, régulation 2011 nº 28 p.75-76 (FR)
Procedural Analysis Information
Source of the question referred for a preliminary ruling
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Subject-matter
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Provisions of international law referred to
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Procedure and result
- Actions for annulment : dismissal on grounds of inadmissibility
- Actions for annulment : application granted
- Actions for annulment : dismissal on substantive grounds
Formation of the Court
huitième chambre (Tribunal)
Judge-Rapporteur
Papasavvas
Advocate General
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Language(s) of the Case
Language(s) of the Opinion
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