Judgment of the General Court (Fourth Chamber) of 20 March 2019

Hércules Club de Fútbol, SAD v European Commission

State aid – Aid granted by Spain in favour of certain professional football clubs – Guarantee – Decision declaring the aid incompatible with the internal market – Advantage – Obligation to state reasons

Case T-766/16


Top of the page Documents in the Case
Document Date Name of the parties Subject-matter Curia EUR-Lex Autres Liens
Judgment (OJ)
26/04/2019 Hércules Club de Fútbol v Commission
Judgment
ECLI:EU:T:2019:173
20/03/2019 Hércules Club de Fútbol v Commission
Abstract
ECLI:EU:T:2019:173
20/03/2019 Hércules Club de Fútbol v Commission
Application (OJ)
09/12/2016 Hércules Club de Fútbol v Commission
Order
ECLI:EU:T:2019:178
20/03/2019 Hércules Club de Fútbol v Commission
Order (Information)
ECLI:EU:T:2019:178
20/03/2019 Hércules Club de Fútbol v Commission
Order (OJ)
04/05/2018 Hércules Club de Fútbol v Commission
Order
ECLI:EU:T:2018:170
22/03/2018 Hércules Club de Fútbol v Commission
Order (Information)
ECLI:EU:T:2018:170
22/03/2018 Hércules Club de Fútbol 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

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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
    4.09.03 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)
        4.09.03.02.07 Aid to undertakings in difficulty
4 Internal policy of the European Union
  4.09 State aid
    4.09.04 Procedure for reviewing aid
      4.09.04.00 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)
        4.09.03.02.07 Aid to undertakings in difficulty
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
    4.09.04 Procedure for reviewing aid
      4.09.04.07 Commission decision following the formal investigation procedure
        4.09.04.07.01 Statement of reasons for the decision following the formal investigation procedure


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

  • 07/11/2016

Date of the Opinion

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Date of the hearing

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Date of delivery

20/03/2019


References

Publication in the Official Journal

Application: OJ C 6 from 09.01.2017, p.48

Order: OJ C 182 from 28.05.2018, p.22

Judgment: OJ C 164 from 13.05.2019, p.43

Name of the parties

Hércules Club de Fútbol v Commission

Notes on Academic Writings

  1. Vuitton, Raphael: Football - Avantage, Concurrences : revue des droits de la concurrence 2019 nº 2 p.133-137 (FR)
  2. 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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