Order of the General Court of 16 December 2011 - Stichting Woonpunt and Others v Commission

(Case T-203/10) 

(State aid - Scheme of aid granted by the Netherlands to housing corporations - Existing aid - Decision accepting Member State's commitments - Decision declaring new aid compatible - Action for annulment - Not individually concerned No interest in bringing proceedings - Inadmissibility)

Language of the case: Dutch

Parties

Applicants: Stichting Woonpunt (Beek, Netherlands); Stichting Com.wonen (Rotterdam, Netherlands); Woningstichting Haag Wonen (The Hague, Netherlands); and Stichting Woonbedrijf SWS.Hhvl (Eindhoven, Netherlands) (represented by : P. Glazener, E. Henny and T. Ottervanger, lawyers)

Defendant: European Commission (represented by: H. van Vliet, S. Noë and S. Thomas, Agents, and by H. Gilliams, lawyer)

Re:

Application for annulment of Commission Decision C(2009) 9963 final of 15 December 2009 relating to State aid E 2/2005 and N 642/2009 (Netherlands) - Existing and special project aid to housing corporations.

Operative part of the order

The action is dismissed as inadmissible;

There is no need to adjudicate on the applications for leave to intervene of Vesteda Groep BV and the Netherlands Vereniging van Institutionele Beleggers in Vastgoed;

Stichting Woonpunt, Stichting Com.wonen, Woningstichting Haag Wonen and Stichting Woonbedrijf SWS.Hhvl are ordered to bear their own costs and pay those incurred by the European Commission;

Vesteda Groep and the Netherlands Vereniging van Institutionele Beleggers in Vastgoed, applicants for leave to intervene, are ordered to bear their own costs.

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¹ - OJ C 179, 3.7.2010.