Judgment of the General Court of 7 March 2012 - British Aggregates v Commission
(Case T-210/02 RENV)
(State aid - Environmental tax on aggregates in the United Kingdom - Commission decision not to raise objections - Advantage - Selective nature)
Language of the case: English
Parties
Applicant: British Aggregates Association (Lanark, United Kingdom) (represented by: C. Pouncey, J. Coombes, Solicitors, and L. Van den Hende, lawyer)
Defendant: European Commission (represented by: M. Afonso, J. Flett and B. Martenczuk, Agents)
Intervener in support of the defendant: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (represented initially by: T. Harris, and subsequently by S. Ossowski, acting as Agents, and by M. Hall and G. Facenna, Barristers)
Re:
Application for partial annulment of Commission Decision C(2002) 1478 final of 24 April 2002 on State aid file N 863/01 - United Kingdom/Aggregates Levy.
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
Annuls Commission Decision C(2002) 1478 final of 24 April 2002 on State aid file N 863/01 - United Kingdom/Aggregates Levy, save as regards the exemption for Northern Ireland;
Orders the European Commission to bear its own costs and to pay those incurred by the British Aggregates Association before the Court of Justice and the General Court;
Orders the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland to bear its own costs incurred before the Court of Justice and the General Court.
____________1 - OJ C 219, 14.9.2002.