Judgment of the General Court of 9 December 2014 — Netherlands Maritime Technology Association v Commission

(Case T-140/13) ¹

(State aid — Spanish scheme of early depreciation of certain assets acquired through financial leasing — Decision finding no State aid — Formal investigation procedure not initiated — Serious difficulties — Circumstances and length of the preliminary examination — Insufficient and incomplete examination)

Language of the case: English

Parties

Applicant: Netherlands Maritime Technology Association, formerly Scheepsbouw Nederland (Rotterdam, Netherlands) (represented by: K. Struckmann, lawyer, and G. Forwood, Barrister)Defendant: European Commission (represented by: M. Afonso, L. Flynn and P. Němečková, acting as Agents)Intervener in support of the defe

sufficient and incomplete examination)Language of the case: EnglishPartiesApplicant: Netherlands Mari

time Technology Association, formerly Scheepsbouw Nederland (Rotterdam, N

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ial leasing.Operative part of the judgmentThe Court:Dismisses the action as being unfounded;Orders Netherlands Maritime Technology Association to bear its own costs and to pay those incurred by the European Commission;Orders the Kingdom of Spain to bear its own co

sts.