Judgment of the General Court (Fourth Chamber) of 22 May 2019

Real Madrid Club de Fútbol v European Commission

State aid — Aid granted by the Spanish authorities to a professional football club — Settlement aimed at compensating for a failure to carry out a land transfer initially agreed between a city council and a football club — Football club overcompensated — Decision declaring the aid incompatible with the internal market — Advantage

Case T-791/16


Top of the page Documents in the Case
Document Date Name of the parties Subject-matter Curia EUR-Lex Autres Liens
Judgment (OJ)
21/06/2019 Real Madrid Club de Fútbol v Commission
Judgment
ECLI:EU:T:2019:346
22/05/2019 Real Madrid Club de Fútbol v Commission
Abstract
ECLI:EU:T:2019:346
22/05/2019 Real Madrid Club de Fútbol v Commission
Application (OJ)
16/12/2016 Real Madrid Club de Fútbol v Commission
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Reports of Cases

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

Subject-matter

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Systematic classification scheme

1.
3 Legal proceedings
  3.08 Procedural rules
    3.08.06 Measures of inquiry and measures of organisation of 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
        4.09.01.03.01 Private investor/private creditor test
          4.09.01.03.01.03 Letting, sale, transfer
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
        4.09.01.03.01 Private investor/private creditor test
          4.09.01.03.01.03 Letting, sale, transfer
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
        4.09.01.03.01 Private investor/private creditor test
          4.09.01.03.01.03 Letting, sale, transfer


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

  • 14/11/2016

Date of the Opinion

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Date of the hearing

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Date of delivery

22/05/2019


References

Publication in the Official Journal

Judgment: OJ C 230 from 08.07.2019, p.27

Application: OJ C 14 from 16.01.2017, p.52

Name of the parties

Real Madrid Club de Fútbol v Commission

Notes on Academic Writings

  1. Billard, Olivier ; Benedetti, Julie: Quelle place pour les considérations économiques dans l'appréciation de l'existence d'un avantage?: réflexions sur la jurisprudence récente de la Cour de justice de l'Union européenne : commentaire sous les arrêts FIH (C-579/16 P), FC Barcelona/Commission (T-865/16) et Real Madrid/Commission (T-791/16), Revue des affaires européennes 2019 p.209-218 (FR)
  2. Bara, Nicolae ; Lacarra, Ana Cacho: State aid and sport, European Competition Law Review 2020, n° 2, p. 84-92 (EN)
  3. Kornbeck, Jacob: Spanish professional football clubs: how salient is the exact nature of the aid? · Cases T-865/16 FC Barcelona v Commission, C-362/19 P Commission v FC Barcelona, T-791/16 Real Madrid CF v Commission, T-766/16 Hércules CF v Commission, T-732/16 Valencia, European State Aid Law Quarterly 2021 p. 120-138 (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 : application granted

Formation of the Court

quatrième chambre (Tribunal)

Judge-Rapporteur

Kanninen

Advocate General

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Language(s) of the Case

  • Spanish

Language(s) of the Opinion

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