Judgment of the General Court (Fifth Chamber), 7 November 2012

Coordination bruxelloise d’institutions sociales et de santé (CBI) v European Commission

State aid — Public hospitals — Subsidies granted by the Belgian authorities to public hospitals belonging to the IRIS association — Decision at the end of the preliminary stage — Decision declaring the aid compatible with the internal market — Service of general economic interest — Definition of public service mission — Proportionality of compensation for public service

Case T‑137/10


Top of the page Documents in the Case
Document Date Name of the parties Subject-matter Curia EUR-Lex Autres Liens
Judgment (OJ)
07/12/2012 CBI v Commission
Judgment
ECLI:EU:T:2012:584
07/11/2012 CBI v Commission
Judgment (Summary)
ECLI:EU:T:2012:584
07/11/2012 CBI v Commission
Application (OJ)
05/06/2010 CBI v Commission
Top of the page Legal analysis of the decision or of the case

Reports of Cases

published in the electronic Reports of Cases (Court Reports - general)

Subject-matter

Annulment of Commission Decision C(2009) 8120 final COR of 28 December 2009, declaring compatible with the common market all the funding granted by the Belgian authorities to the public hospitals belonging to the IRIS network in the Région Bruxelles-Capitale, by way of compensation for hospital and non-hospital services they provide in the form of services of general economic interest (SGEI) (State aid NN54/2009 (ex-CP 244/2005)).

Systematic classification scheme

1.
3 Legal proceedings
  3.02 Actions for annulment
    3.02.03 Applications by natural or legal persons
      3.02.03.03 Acts which are of direct concern to them
4 Internal policy of the European Union
  4.09 State aid
    4.09.04 Procedure for reviewing aid
      4.09.04.05 Commission decision following a preliminary review or proceeding to the formal investigation procedure
        4.09.04.05.03 Decision to initiate a formal investigation procedure
          4.09.04.05.03.01 Obligation to initiate the formal investigation procedure
4 Internal policy of the European Union
  4.08 Competition
    4.08.04 Public undertakings
4 Internal policy of the European Union
  4.09 State aid
    4.09.01 Definition of aid
      4.09.01.03 Advantage conferred on an undertaking
        4.09.01.03.02 Compensation for the costs connected with a public service mission
4 Internal policy of the European Union
  4.08 Competition
    4.08.04 Public undertakings
4 Internal policy of the European Union
  4.09 State aid
    4.09.01 Definition of aid
      4.09.01.03 Advantage conferred on an undertaking
        4.09.01.03.02 Compensation for the costs connected with a public service mission
4 Internal policy of the European Union
  4.08 Competition
    4.08.04 Public undertakings
4 Internal policy of the European Union
  4.08 Competition
    4.08.04 Public undertakings
4 Internal policy of the European Union
  4.09 State aid
    4.09.01 Definition of aid
      4.09.01.03 Advantage conferred on an undertaking
        4.09.01.03.02 Compensation for the costs connected with a public service mission
4 Internal policy of the European Union
  4.09 State aid
    4.09.04 Procedure for reviewing aid
      4.09.04.05 Commission decision following a preliminary review or proceeding to the formal investigation procedure
        4.09.04.05.03 Decision to initiate a formal investigation procedure
          4.09.04.05.03.01 Obligation to initiate the formal investigation procedure
4 Internal policy of the European Union
  4.09 State aid
    4.09.01 Definition of aid
      4.09.01.03 Advantage conferred on an undertaking
        4.09.01.03.02 Compensation for the costs connected with a public service mission
4 Internal policy of the European Union
  4.08 Competition
    4.08.04 Public undertakings


Citations of case-law or legislation

References in grounds of judgment

Operative part

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Opinion

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Dates

Date of the lodging of the application initiating proceedings

  • 17/03/2010

Date of the Opinion

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Date of the hearing

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Date of delivery

07/11/2012


References

Publication in the Official Journal

Application: OJ C 148 from 05.06.2010, p.38

Judgment: OJ C 399 from 22.12.2012, p.18

Name of the parties

CBI v Commission

Notes on Academic Writings

  1. Idot, Laurence: Financement des hôpitaux publics, Europe 2013 Janvier Comm. nº 1 p.42-43 (FR)
  2. Guinard, Dorian: Aides d'Etat et financement des hôpitaux, Revue de droit sanitaire et social 2013 p.431-438 (FR)
  3. Heise, Svend: Defizitfinanzierung zu Gunsten öffentlicher Krankenhäuser auf dem beihilferechtlichen Prüfstand, Europäische Zeitschrift für Wirtschaftsrecht 2013 p.769-773 (DE)



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 : application granted

Formation of the Court

cinquième chambre (Tribunal)

Judge-Rapporteur

Vadapalas

Advocate General

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Language(s) of the Case

  • French

Language(s) of the Opinion

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