Order of the General Court of 12 May 2015 — Stichting Woonlinie and Others v Commission
(Case T-202/10 RENV) 1
(State aid — Social housing — Scheme of aid granted to housing corporations — Existing aid — Decision accepting Member State’s commitments — Action manifestly lacking any foundation in law)
Language of the case: Dutch
Parties
Applicants: Stichting Woonlinie (Woudrichem, Netherlands); Stichting Allee Wonen (Roosendaal, Netherlands); Woningstichting Volksbelang (Wijk bij Duurstede, Netherlands); Stichting WoonInvest (Leidschendam-Voorburg, Netherlands); Stichting Woonstede (Ede, Netherlands) (represented initially by P. Glazener and E. Henny and subsequently by P. Glazener, lawyers)
Defendant: European Commission (represented by: P.-J. Loewenthal and S. Noë, Agents)
Intervener in support of the applicants: Kingdom of Belgium (represented initially by T. Materne and J.-C. Halleux and subsequently by J.-C. Halleux, Agents)
Intervener in support of the defendant: Vereniging van Institutionele Beleggers in Vastgoed, Nederland (IVBN) (Voorburg, Netherlands) (represented by: M. Meulenbelt, 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.
Orders Stichting Woonlinie, Stichting Allee Wonen, Woningstichting Volksbelang, Stichting WoonInvest and Stichting Woonstede to bear their own costs and pay those incurred by the European Commission.
Orders the Kingdom of Belgium and Vereniging van Institutionele Beleggers in Vastgoed, Nederland (IVBN) to bear their own costs
________________________1 OJ C 179, 3.7.2010.