Judgment of the General Court (Sixth Chamber) of 9 June 2016

Magic Mountain Kletterhallen GmbH and Others v European Commission

State aid — Aid for the construction and operation of climbing centres of Deutscher Alpenverein eV — Decision declaring the aid compatible with the internal market — Aid scheme — More detailed economic analysis — Market failure — Legitimate objective in the public interest — Article 108(2) and (3) TFEU — Serious difficulties

Case T-162/13


Top of the page Documents in the Case
Document Date Name of the parties Subject-matter Curia EUR-Lex Autres Liens
Judgment (OJ)
08/07/2016 Magic Mountain Kletterhallen and Others v Commission
Competition
- State aid
  • Competition
  • - State aid
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Judgment
ECLI:EU:T:2016:341		 09/06/2016 Magic Mountain Kletterhallen and Others v Commission
Competition
- State aid
  • Competition
  • - State aid
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EUR-Lex text EUR-Lex bilingual text
Judgment (Information)
ECLI:EU:T:2016:341		 09/06/2016 Magic Mountain Kletterhallen and Others v Commission
Competition
- State aid
  • Competition
  • - State aid
EUR-Lex text EUR-Lex bilingual text
Application (OJ)
03/05/2013 Magic Mountain Kletterhallen and Others v Commission
Competition
- State aid
  • Competition
  • - State aid
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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published in the electronic Reports of Cases (Court Reports - general - 'Information on unpublished decisions' section)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(2012) 8761 final of 5 December 2012 declaring compatible with the internal market the State aid granted by Germany to the Deutscher Alpenverein eV for the construction and operation of climbing centres (State aid SA.33952 (2012/NN) – Germany) (OJ 2013 C 21, p. 1)

Systematic classification scheme

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3 Legal proceedings
  3.02 Actions for annulment
    3.02.03 Applications by natural or legal persons
      3.02.03.02 Acts which are of individual concern to them
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3 Legal proceedings
  3.08 Procedural rules
    3.08.02 Intervention
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3 Legal proceedings
  3.02 Actions for annulment
    3.02.00 General
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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
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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
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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
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4 Internal policy of the European Union
  4.09 State aid
    4.09.03 Exceptions to the prohibition of aid
      4.09.03.00 General
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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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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
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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
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1 The legal order of the European Union
  1.01 Sources of EU law
    1.01.02 General principles of law
      1.01.02.01 Principle of equality and non-discrimination
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4 Internal policy of the European Union
  4.09 State aid
    4.09.04 Procedure for reviewing aid
      4.09.04.04 Preliminary review
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4 Internal policy of the European Union
  4.09 State aid
    4.09.04 Procedure for reviewing aid
      4.09.04.05 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


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

  • 18/03/2013

Date of the Opinion

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Date of the hearing

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Date of delivery

09/06/2016


References

Publication in the Official Journal

Judgment: OJ C 270 from 25.07.2016, p.37

Application: OJ C 147 from 25.05.2013, p.25

Name of the parties

Magic Mountain Kletterhallen and Others v Commission

Notes on Academic Writings

  1. Stromsky, Bruno: Régime d'aides - Analyse économique plus fine - Nécessité - Proportionnalité : Le Tribunal de l'Union européenne estime que la Commission européenne n'est pas tenue de conduire une analyse économique fine pour déclarer compatible avec le marché intérieur un régime d'aides aux centres d'escalade amateurs, Concurrences : revue des droits de la concurrence 2016 nº 3 p.135-137 (FR)
  2. Idot, Laurence: La promotion du sport est un objectif d'intérêt commun, qui peut justifier l'octroi d'aides d'État, Europe 2016 Septembre Comm. nº 8-9 p.41-42 (FR)



Procedural Analysis Information

Source of the question referred for a preliminary ruling

Information not available

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

sixième chambre (Tribunal)

Judge-Rapporteur

Collins

Advocate General

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Language(s) of the Case

  • German

Language(s) of the Opinion

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