Judgment of the General Court of 11 September 2012 - Corsica Ferries France v Commission
(Case T-565/08)
(State aid - Maritime cabotage sector - Service of general economic interest - Private investor in a market economy test - Social policy of the Member States - Restructuring aid - Effects of a judgment annulling a decision)
Language of the case: French
Parties
Applicant: Corsica Ferries France SAS (Bastia, France) (represented by: S. Rodrigues and C. Bernard-Glanz, lawyers)
Defendant: European Commission (represented by: C. Giolito and B. Stromsky, acting as Agents)
Interveners in support of the defendant: French Republic (represented: initially by G. de Bergues and A.-L. Vendrolini, and subsequently by G. de Bergues, N. Rouam and J. Rossi, acting as Agents) and Société nationale maritime Corse-Méditerranée (SNCM) SA (Marseilles, France) (represented by: A. Winckler and F.-C. Laprévote, lawyers)
Re:
Annulment of Commission Decision 2009/611/EC of 8 July 2008 concerning the measures C 58/02 (ex N 118/02) which France has implemented in favour of the Société nationale maritime Corse-Méditerranée (OJ 2009 L 225, p. 180).
Operative part of the judgment
The General Court:
Annuls the first and third paragraphs of Article 1 of Commission Decision 2009/611/EC of 8 July 2008 concerning the measures C 58/02 (ex N 118/02) which France has implemented in favour of the Société nationale maritime Corse-Méditerranée (SNCM);
Orders the European Commission to bear the costs of the applicant together with its own costs;
Orders the French Republic and SNCM to bear their own respective costs.
____________1 - OJ C 55, 7.3.2009.