Judgment of the General Court of 12 November 2013 – MOL v Commission
(Case T-499/10) 1
(State aid – Agreement between the Hungarian State and the oil and gas company MOL relating to mining fees in connection with the extraction of hydrocarbons – Subsequent change in the statutory system of fees – Decision declaring the aid incompatible with the internal market – Selective nature)
Language of the case: English
Parties
Applicant: MOL Magyar Olaj- és Gázipari Nyrt. (Budapest, Hungary) (represented by: N. Niejahr, lawyer, F. Carlin, Barrister, and C. van der Meer, lawyer)
Defendant: European Commission (represented by: L. Flynn and K. Talabér-Ritz, Agents)
Re:
Principally, application for annulment of Commission Decision 2011/88/EU of 9 June 2010 on State aid C 1/09 (ex NN 69/08) granted by Hungary to MOL Nyrt. (OJ 2011 L 34, p. 55) and, in the alternative, for annulment of that decision in so far as it orders the recovery of amounts from the latter.
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
Annuls European Commission Decision 2011/88/EU of 9 June 2010 on State aid C 1/09 (ex NN 69/08) granted by Hungary to MOL Nyrt;
Orders the European Commission to pay the costs.
________________________1 OJ C 346, 18.12.2010.