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

Citations of case-law or legislation

References in grounds of judgment

• EC Treaty (Amsterdam), Article 5 -L2 : paragraph 205
• EC Treaty (Amsterdam), Article 7 -P1L2 : paragraph 201
• EC Treaty (Amsterdam), Article 86 -P2 : paragraph 128
• EC Treaty (Amsterdam), Article 87 : paragraphs 104, 128, 143, 204
• 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
• EC Treaty (Amsterdam), Article 87 -P2 : paragraph 203
• EC Treaty (Amsterdam), Article 87 -P3 : paragraphs 64, 203
• EC Treaty (Amsterdam), Article 87 -P3LC : paragraphs 48, 167, 224
• EC Treaty (Amsterdam), Article 88 : paragraphs 104, 202, 204
• EC Treaty (Amsterdam), Article 88 -P1 : paragraph 208
• EC Treaty (Amsterdam), Article 88 -P3 : paragraphs 51, 60, 187
• EC Treaty (Amsterdam), Article 230 : paragraph 64
• EC Treaty (Amsterdam), Article 234 : paragraph 55
• Regulation 659/1999 -A01LBLV : paragraphs 188, 194, 193
• Regulation 659/1999 -A13P2 : paragraph 231
• Commission - Other Acts - 52005XC1209(03) : paragraph 54
• Commission - Other Acts - 52006XC0818(01) : paragraph 131
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -173/73 : paragraph 102
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -222/84 : paragraph 55
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -234/84 : paragraph 50
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -118/85 : paragraph 129
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -102/87 : paragraph 227
• General Court - Judgment T -138/89 : paragraph 58
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -354/90 : paragraph 202
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -387/92 : paragraphs 128, 187
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -241/94 : paragraphs 102, 130
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -355/95 : paragraph 223
• General Court - Judgment T -65/96 : paragraph 222
• General Court - Judgment T -296/97 : paragraph 65
• General Court - Judgment T -298/97 : paragraph 187
• General Court - Judgment T -597/97 : paragraph 62
• General Court - Order T -78/98 : paragraph 62
• General Court - Judgment T -128/98 : paragraph 158
• General Court - Judgment T -59/99 : paragraph 232
• General Court - Judgment T -228/99 : paragraph 50
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -424/99 : paragraph 55
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -482/99 : paragraphs 130, 143
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -50/00 : paragraph 55
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -74/00 : paragraph 50
• General Court - Judgment T -212/00 : paragraph 49
• General Court - Judgment T -251/00 : paragraph 223
• General Court - Judgment T -301/01 : paragraph 66
• General Court - Judgment T -27/02 : paragraph 208
• General Court - Judgment T -34/02 : paragraph 87
• General Court - Judgment T -20/03 : paragraph 102
• General Court - Judgment T -141/03 : paragraphs 46, 55, 58
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -182/03 : paragraph 104
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -205/03 : paragraphs 88, 95
• General Court - Judgment T -289/03 : paragraph 159
• General Court - Judgment T -349/03 : paragraph 194
• General Court - Judgment T -196/04 : paragraphs 93, 105
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -222/04 : paragraphs 88, 89, 128
• General Court - Judgment T -233/04 : paragraph 64
• General Court - Judgment T -304/04 : paragraph 102
• General Court - Judgment T -136/05 : paragraphs 46, 49, 58
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -199/06 : paragraphs 60, 229
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -341/06 : paragraphs 90, 91, 104, 109
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -49/07 : paragraphs 88, 89, 98
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -384/07 : paragraph 60
• General Court - Judgment T -443/08 : paragraphs 51, 64, 67

Operative part

• Annuls : Decision 2008/948 -A01

Opinion

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Dates

Date of the lodging of the application initiating proceedings

• 06/10/2008

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

1. Idot, Laurence: Notion d'entreprise et activité économique, Europe 2011 Mai 2011 Comm. nº 5 p.37 (FR)
2. 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)
3. Sevinga, K. ; Saanen, N.: De aanleg van infrastructuur als economische activiteit, Nederlands tijdschrift voor Europees recht 2011 p.209-214 (NL)
4. 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)
5. 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)
6. 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

• 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 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

• German
  

Language(s) of the Opinion

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