Judgment of the General Court of 7 November 2012 - CBI v Commission
(Case T-137/10)
(State aid - Public hospitals - Funding granted by the Belgian authorities to public hospitals belonging to the IRIS network - Decision at the end of the preliminary phase - Decision declaring the aid compatible with the internal market - Service of general economic interest - Definition of the public service mandate - Proportionality of the public service compensation)
Language of the case: French
Parties
Applicant: Coordination bruxelloise d'Institutions sociales et de santé (CBI) (Brussels, Belgium) (represented by: D. Waelbroeck and D. Slater, lawyers)
Defendant: European Commission (represented by: B. Stromsky, C. Urraca Caviedes and S. Thomas, acting as Agents)
Interveners in support of the defendant: French Republic (represented by: G. de Bergues and J. Gstalter, acting as Agents); Kingdom of the Netherlands (represented initially by: M. Noort and M. de Ree and subsequently by: M. Noort, C. Wissels and J. Langer, acting as Agents); Région de Bruxelles-Capitale (Belgium); Municipality of Anderlecht (Belgium); Municipality of Etterbeek (Belgium); Municipality of Ixelles (Belgium); City of Brussels (Belgium); and Municipality of Saint-Gilles (Belgium) (represented by: P. Slegers and A. Lepièce, lawyers)
Re:
Application for annulment of Commission Decision C(2009) 8120 of 28 December 2009, concerning State aid NN54/2009 granted by the Kingdom of Belgium for the financing of the public hospitals belonging to the IRIS network in the Région Bruxelles-Capitale.
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
Annuls Commission Decision C(2009) 8120 of 28 December 2009, concerning State aid NN54/2009 granted by the Kingdom of Belgium for the financing of the public hospitals belonging to the IRIS network in the Région Bruxelles-Capitale;
Orders the European Commission to bear its won costs and those incurred by the Coordination bruxelloise d'Institutions sociales et de santé (CBI);
Orders the French Republic; Kingdom of the Netherlands; Région de Bruxelles-Capitale (Belgium); Municipality of Anderlecht (Belgium); Municipality of Etterbeek (Belgium); Municipality of Ixelles (Belgium); City of Brussels (Belgium); and Municipality of Saint-Gilles (Belgium) to bear their own costs.
____________1 - OJ C 148, 5.6.2010.