Judgment of the General Court of 8 July 2010 - Freistaat Sachsen and Land Sachsen-Anhalt v Commission
(State aid - Training aid - Decision declaring the aid to be in part compatible and in part incompatible with the common market - Need for the aid - Positive external effects - Obligation to give reasons)
Language of the case: German
Parties
Applicants: Freistaat Sachsen (Germany) and Land Sachsen-Anhalt (Germany) (represented by: T. Müller-Ibold and T. Graf, lawyers)
Defendant: European Commission (represented by: F. França, K. Gross and B. Martenczuk, Agents)
Re:
Application for the partial annulment of Commission Decision 2008/878/EC of 2 July 2008 on State aid which Germany is planning to implement for DHL (OJ 2008 L 312, p. 31)
Operative part of the judgment
The General Court:
Dismisses the action;
Orders Freistaat Sachsen and Land Sachsen-Anhalt to bear their own costs and to pay the costs incurred by the European Commission.
____________1 - OJ C 327 of 20.12.2008.