Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 25 July 2018

Georgsmarienhütte GmbH and Others v Bundesrepublik Deutschland

Request for a preliminary ruling from the Verwaltungsgericht Frankfurt am Main

Reference for a preliminary ruling — State aid — Scheme for the support of renewable electricity sources and energy-intensive users — Decision (EU) 2015/1585 — Validity in the light of Article 107 TFEU — Admissibility — Failure by the applicants in the main proceedings to bring an action for annulment

Case C-135/16


Top of the page Documents in the Case
Document Date Name of the parties Subject-matter Curia EUR-Lex Autres Liens
Judgment
ECLI:EU:C:2018:582
25/07/2018 Georgsmarienhütte and Others
Judgment (Summary)
ECLI:EU:C:2018:582
25/07/2018 Georgsmarienhütte and Others
Application (OJ)
27/05/2016 Georgsmarienhütte and Others
Opinion
ECLI:EU:C:2018:120
27/02/2018 Georgsmarienhütte and Others
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.
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
        4.09.04.08.02 Beneficiaries of the aid to be recovered
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
3 Legal proceedings
  3.02 Actions for annulment
    3.02.03 Applications by natural or legal persons
      3.02.03.03 Acts which are of direct concern to them
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
        4.09.04.08.02 Beneficiaries of the aid to be recovered
3 Legal proceedings
  3.04 Reference for a preliminary ruling
    3.04.02 Jurisdiction of the Court of Justice


Citations of case-law or legislation

References in grounds of judgment

Operative part

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Opinion


Dates

Date of the lodging of the application initiating proceedings

  • 07/03/2016

Date of the Opinion

  • 27/02/2018

Date of the hearing

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Date of delivery

25/07/2018


References

Publication in the Official Journal

Judgment: OJ C 328 from 17.09.2018, p.4

Application: OJ C 211 from 13.06.2016, p.27

Name of the parties

Georgsmarienhütte and Others

Notes on Academic Writings

  1. Ehrmann, Markus: Unterbliebene Geltendmachung einer Nichtigkeitsklage, Neue Zeitschrift für Verwaltungsrecht 2018 N°17 p.1291-1292 (DE)
  2. Pompl, Raphael: Beihilferecht: Unterbliebene Geltendmachung einer Nichtigkeitsklage, Europäische Zeitschrift für Wirtschaftsrecht 2018 p.817-818 (DE)
  3. Peraldi-Leneuf, Fabienne: Retour sur l'arrêt TWD Textilwerke : la Cour étend le principe de la forclusion dans le cas où l'expiration du délai de recours en annulation au titre de l'article 263, alinéa 6 TFUE n'est pas expiré., Europe 2018 Octobre Comm. nº 10 p.23-24 (FR)
  4. Graevenitz, v. Albrecht: Vorabentscheidungsverfahren: Zulässigkeit bei Rechtsschutz im Nichtigkeitsverfahren, Wirtschaft und Wettbewerb 2018 p.525 (DE)
  5. Brunner, Rene: Dual Remedy Against State Aid Decisions, European State Aid Law Quarterly 2019 Vol.18 N°3 p.413-417 (EN)
  6. Coutron, Laurent: Chronique de jurisprudence de la Cour de justice de l'Union européenne (2018), Revue du droit public et de la science politique en France et à l'étranger 2019, n° 5, p. 1417-1434 (FR)
  7. Derenne, Jacques ; Chilaru, Catalina: Renvoi préjudiciel en appréciation de validité et recours en annulation: quelle protection juridictionnelle effective en particulier en matière d'aides d'État? : à propos de l'arrêt Georgsmarienhütte du 25 juillet 2018 e.a., aff. C-135/16, EU:C:2018:582, Revue des affaires européennes 2019 p.267-175 (FR)
  8. Coutron, Laurent: IV. Recours - Cour de justice, gde ch., 25 juillet 2018, Georgsmarienhütte GmbH e.a. c/ Bundesrepublik Deutschland, aff. C-135/16, ECLI:EU:C:2018:582, Jurisprudence de la CJUE 2018. Décisions et commentaires (Ed. Bruylant - Bruxelles) 2019, p. 173-182 (FR)
  9. Coutron, Laurent: Contentieux de l'UE - Sur un revirement inassumé ? Georgsmarienhütte vs TWD (CJUE, gr. ch., 25 juill. 2018, aff. C-135/16, Georgsmarienhütte), Revue trimestrielle de droit européen 2019, n° 2, p. 469-473 (FR)
  10. Rolin, Frédérique: De l’articulation entre renvoi préjudiciel en validité et recours en annulation : Pour une lecture constructive de l’arrêt Georsgmarienhütte, Building the European Union: The Jurist’s View of the Union’s Evolution Hart Publishing, 2021, p. 245-252 (FR)



Procedural Analysis Information

Source of the question referred for a preliminary ruling

Verwaltungsgericht Frankfurt am Main - Germany

Subject-matter

  • Competition
  • - State aid
  • Transport

Provisions of national law referred to

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Provisions of international law referred to

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Procedure and result

  • Reference for a preliminary ruling : dismissal on grounds of inadmissibility

Formation of the Court

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Judge-Rapporteur

da Cruz Vilaça

Advocate General

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Language(s) of the Case

  • German

Language(s) of the Opinion

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