Order of the General Court of 29 March 2012 - Asociación Española de Banca v European Commission
(Case T-236/10)
(Actions for annulment - State aid - Aid schemes allowing for the tax amortisation of financial goodwill for foreign shareholding acquisitions - Decision declaring the aid scheme incompatible with the common market and not ordering the recovery of aid - Association - Lack of individual concern - Inadmissibility)
Language of the case: Spanish
Parties
Applicant: Asociación Española de Banca (Madrid, Spain) (represented by: J. Buendía Sierra, E. Abad Valdenebro, M. Muñoz de Juan and R. Calvo Salinero, lawyers)
Defendant: European Commission (represented by: R. Lyal and C. Urraca Caviedes, acting as Agents)
Re:
Application for annulment of Article 1(1) and, alternatively, Article 4 of Commission Decision 2011/5/EC of 28 October 2009 on the tax amortisation of financial goodwill for foreign shareholding acquisitions C 45/07 (ex NN 51/07, ex CP 9/07) implemented by Spain (OJ 2011 L 7, p. 48).
Operative part of the order
The action is dismissed.
Asociación Española de Banca is to pay the costs.
____________1 - OJ C 195, 17.7.2010.