Judgment of the General Court (Seventh Chamber) of 16 July 2014

Hellenic Republic v European Commission

State aid — Compensation payments made by the Greek Agricultural Insurance Organisation (ELGA) in 2008 and 2009 — Decision declaring aid incompatible with the internal market and ordering its recovery — Concept of State aid — Article 107(3)(b) and (c) TFEU — Guidelines for State aid in the agricultural sector

Case T‑52/12



Top of the page Documents in the Case
Document Date Name of the parties Subject-matter Curia EUR-Lex Autres Liens
Judgment (OJ)
08/08/2014 Greece v Commission
Judgment
ECLI:EU:T:2014:677
16/07/2014 Greece v Commission
Judgment (Information)
ECLI:EU:T:2014:677
16/07/2014 Greece v Commission
Application (OJ)
30/03/2012 Greece v Commission
Order (OJ)
26/10/2012 Greece v Commission
Order
ECLI:EU:T:2012:447
19/09/2012 Greece v Commission
Order (Summary)
ECLI:EU:T:2012:447
19/09/2012 Greece 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published in the electronic Reports of Cases (Court Reports - general - 'Information on unpublished decisions' section)

Subject-matter

Annulment of Commission Decision C(2011) 7260 final of 7 December 2011 declaring compensation payments made by the Greek Agricultural Insurance Organisation (ELGA) in 2008 and 2009 to be unlawful State aid (State aid C 3/2010 (ex NN 39/2009)).

Systematic classification scheme

1.
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
        4.09.01.03.00 General
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
        4.09.01.03.00 General
2 Institutional framework of the European Union
  2.05 Legal acts of the European Union
    2.05.06 Statement of reasons
4 Internal policy of the European Union
  4.09 State aid
    4.09.02 Damage to competition and effect on trade
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
        4.09.01.03.00 General
4 Internal policy of the European Union
  4.09 State aid
    4.09.01 Definition of aid
      4.09.01.04 Selective nature of the measure
        4.09.01.04.00 General
4 Internal policy of the European Union
  4.09 State aid
    4.09.02 Damage to competition and effect on trade
4 Internal policy of the European Union
  4.09 State aid
    4.09.01 Definition of aid
      4.09.01.02 Use of State resources
3 Legal proceedings
  3.06 Plea of illegality
    3.06.01 Measures in respect of which a plea of illegality may be raised
4 Internal policy of the European Union
  4.09 State aid
    4.09.03 Exceptions to the prohibition of aid
      4.09.03.02 Aid that may be considered to be compatible with the internal market (Article 107(3) TFEU)
        4.09.03.02.03 Aid for projects of European interest or to remedy a serious disturbance in the economy
2 Institutional framework of the European Union
  2.05 Legal acts of the European Union
    2.05.08 Application ratione temporis
4 Internal policy of the European Union
  4.09 State aid
    4.09.03 Exceptions to the prohibition of aid
      4.09.03.02 Aid that may be considered to be compatible with the internal market (Article 107(3) TFEU)
        4.09.03.02.00 General
4 Internal policy of the European Union
  4.09 State aid
    4.09.03 Exceptions to the prohibition of aid
      4.09.03.02 Aid that may be considered to be compatible with the internal market (Article 107(3) TFEU)
        4.09.03.02.06 Aid to undertakings operating in particular sectors
          4.09.03.02.06.03 Aid in the agricultural sector
4 Internal policy of the European Union
  4.09 State aid
    4.09.03 Exceptions to the prohibition of aid
      4.09.03.04 Commission discretion
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


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

  • 08/02/2012

Date of the Opinion

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Date of the hearing

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Date of delivery

16/07/2014


References

Publication in the Official Journal

Judgment: OJ C 292 from 01.09.2014, p.34

Application: OJ C 118 from 21.04.2012, p.25

Name of the parties

Greece v Commission

Notes on Academic Writings

  1. De Cecco, Francesco: De minimis and exceptional circumstances as grounds for interim relief against recovery of State aid: Hellenic Republic v. Commission. Case T-52/12 R, Hellenic Republic v. European Commission, Order of the President of the General Court of 18 September 2012, nyr., Common Market Law Review 2013, Volume 50, Issue 5, p. 1479-1488 (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

septième chambre (Tribunal)

Judge-Rapporteur

Wiszniewska-Białecka

Advocate General

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Language(s) of the Case

  • Greek

Language(s) of the Opinion

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