Order of the President of the General Court of 22 March 2018 — Hércules Club de Fútbol v Commission

(Case T-766/16 R)

(Interim proceedings — State aid — Aid granted by Spain in favour of certain professional football clubs — Public guarantee granted by a public body — Decision declaring the aid incompatible with the internal market — Application for a stay of proceedings — Lack of urgency)

Language of the case: Spanish

Parties

Applicant: Hércules Club de Fútbol, SAD (Alicante, Spain) (represented by: S. Rating and Y. Martínez Mata, lawyers)

Defendant: European Commission (represented by: G. Luengo, B. Stromsky and P. Němečková, acting as Agents)

Intervener in support of the form of order sought by the applicant: Kingdom of Spain (represented by: A. Gavela Llopis, acting as Agent)

Re:

Application on the basis of Articles 278 TFEU and 279 TFEU seeking a stay of execution of Commission Decision (EU) 2017/365 of 4 July 2016 on the State aid SA.36387 (2013/C) (ex 2013/NN) (ex 2013/CP) granted by Spain to Valencia Club de Fútbol, Hércules Club de Fútbol, SAD and Elche Club de Fútbol, SAD (OJ 2017 L 55, p. 12).

Operative part of the order

1.    The application for interim measures is rejected.

2.    The order of 11 November 2016, Hércules Club de Fútbol v Commission (T-766/16 R), is set aside.

3.    The costs are reserved.

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