Judgment of the General Court of 25 March 2015 –Belgium v Commission
(Case T-538/11) 1
(State aid — Public health — Aid granted to finance screening tests for transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSE) in bovine animals — Decision declaring aid to be partly compatible and partly incompatible with the internal market — Action for annulment — Adversely affecting act — Admissibility — Notion of advantage — Notion of selectivity)
Language of the case: Dutch
Parties
Applicant: Kingdom of Belgium (represented by: C. Pochet and J.-C. Halleux, acting as Agents, assisted by L. Van den Hende, lawyer)
Defendant: European Commission (represented initially by H. van Vliet and S. Thomas, and subsequently by H. van Vliet and S. Noë, acting as Agents)
Re:
Application for partial annulment of Commission Decision 2011/678/EU of 27 July 2011 concerning the State aid for financing screening of transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSE) in bovine animals implemented by Belgium (State aid C 44/08 (ex NN 45/04)) (OJ 2011 L 274, p. 36).
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
Dismisses the action;
Orders the Kingdom of Belgium to pay the costs.
________________________1 OJ C 347, 26.11.2011.