Judgment of the General Court of 7 November 2014 — Banco Santander and Santusa v Commission

(Case T-399/11) ¹

(State aid — Provisions relating to corporate tax enabling undertakings which have their tax domicile in Spain to amortise the goodwill flowing from the acquisition of shareholdings in undertakings which have their tax domicile abroad — Decision classifying that scheme as State aid, declaring that aid incompatible with the internal market and ordering its recovery — Concept of State aid — Selectivity — Lack of identification of a category of undertakings benefitting from the measure — Infringement of Article 107(1) TFEU)

Language of the case: Spanish

Parties

Applicants: Banco Santander, SA (Santander, Spain); and Santusa Holding, SL (Boadilla del Monte, Spain) (represented initially by J. Buendía Sierra, E. Abad Valdenebro, M. Muñoz de Juan and R. Calvo Salinero, and subsequently by J. Buendía Sierra, E. Abad Valdenebro and R. Calvo Salinero, lawyers)

Defendant: European Commission (represented by R. Lyal, C. Urraca Caviedes and P. Němečková, acting as Agents)Re:Application for annulment of Article 1(1) and Article 4 o

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ing from the measure — Infringement of Article 107(1) TFEU)Language of the case: SpanishPartiesApplicants: Banco Santander, SA (Santander, Spain); and Santusa Holding, SL (Boadilla del Monte, Spain) (represented initially by J. Bu

mented by Spain;Orders the Eur

opean Commi

ssion to bear the costs.