Order of the President of the General Court of 18 March 2011 - Westfälisch-Lippischer Sparkassen- und Giroverband v Commission

(Case T-457/09 R)

(Interim procedure - Authorisation of State aid for the restructuring of a bank - Abandonment of a branch as a compensatory indemnity - Urgency - Weighing up of the interests)

Language of the case: German

Parties

Applicant: Westfälisch-Lippischer Sparkassen- und Giroverband (Münster, Germany) (represented by: A. Rosenfeld and I. Liebach, lawyers)

Defendant: European Commission (represented by: L. Flynn, B. Martenczuk and T. Maxian Rusche, acting as Agents)

Re:

Application for stay of execution of Article 2(1), read in conjunction with points 5.4, 5.7 and 6.7 in the Annex to Commission Decision C(2009) 3900 final corr. of 12 May 2009, in Case C 43/2008 (ex N 390/2008) concerning restructuring aid that the German authorities intend to implement for WestLB AG, reading that decision in conjunction with Commission Decision C(2010) 9525 final of 21 December 2010 in State aid Cases MC 8/2009 and C 43/2009 - Germany - WestLB, to the extent that it follows therefrom that new operations by the Westdeutsche Immobilien Bank AG must be terminated after 15 February 2011.

Operative part of the order

1.    The application for interim measures is dismissed.

2.    The order of 31 January 2011 in Case T-457/09 R Westfälisch-Lippischer Sparkassen- und Giroverband v Commission is rescinded.

3.    The applications to intervene made by Westdeutsche Immobilien Bank AG, Landschaftsverband Westfalen-Lippe, Landschaftsverband Rheinland, WestLB, the Land of Rhineland-North Westphalia and Rheinischer Sparkassen- und Giroverband have become devoid of purpose.

4.    Costs are reserved.

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