Judgment of the General Court of 15 November 2018 — Stichting Woonlinie and Others v Commission
(Joined Cases T-202/10 RENV II and T-203/10 RENV II) 1
(State aid — Social housing — Aid scheme for housing corporations — Existing aids — Member State commitments — Decision declaring the aid compatible with the internal market — Article 17 of Regulation (EC) No 659/1999 — Service of general economic interest — Article 106(2) TFEU — Definition of the public service mission)
Language of the case: Dutch
Parties
Applicants in Case T-202/10 RENV II: Stichting Woonlinie (Woudrichem, Netherlands), Woningstichting Volksbelang (Wijk bij Duurstede, Netherlands) and Stichting Woonstede (Ede, Netherlands) (represented by: L. Hancher, E. Besselink, J. de Kok, Y. de Vries and F. van Orden, lawyers)
Applicants in Case T-203/10 RENV II: Stichting Woonpunt (Maastricht, Netherlands), Woningstichting Haag Wonen (The Hague, Netherlands) and Stichting Woonbedrijf SWS.Hhvl (Eindhoven, Netherlands) (represented by: L. Hancher, E. Besselink, J. de Kok, Y. de Vries and F. van Orden, lawyers)
Defendant: European Commission (represented by: S. Noë and P.J. Loewenthal, acting as Agents)
Intervener in support of the applicants: Kingdom of Belgium (represented by: J.-C. Halleux and L. Van den Broeck, acting as Agents)
Intervener in support of the defendant: Vereniging van Institutionele Beleggers in Vastgoed, Nederland (IVBN) (Voorburg, Netherlands) (represented by: M. Meulenbelt and B. Natens, lawyers)
Re:
Application under Article 263 TFEU seeking the partial annulment of Commission Decision C(2009) 9963 final of 15 December 2009 relating to State aid No E 2/2005 and N 642/2009 — The Netherlands — Existing and special project aid to housing corporations.
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
Dismisses the actions.
Stichting Woonlinie, Woningstichting Volksbelang and Stichting Woonstede are ordered to bear their own costs, those incurred by the European Commission in Cases T-202/10, T-202/10 RENV, T-202/10 RENV II, C-133/12 P and C-414/15 P and those incurred by Vereniging van Institutionele Beleggers in Vastgoed, Nederland (IVBN) in Cases T-202/10, T-202/10 RENV and T-202/10 RENV II.
Stichting Woonpunt, Woningstichting Haag Wonen and Stichting Woonbedrijf SWS.Hhvl are ordered to bear their own costs, those incurred by the Commission in Cases T-203/10, T-203/10 RENV, T-203/10 RENV II, C-132/12 P and C-415/15 P and those incurred by IVBN in Cases T-203/10, T-203/10 RENV and T-203/10 RENV II.
The Kingdom of Belgium is ordered to bear its own costs.
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1 OJ C 179, 3.7.2010.