Judgment of the General Court of 6 May 2019 — Scor v Commission
(Case T-135/17) 1
(State aid — Market for reinsuring the risks of natural disaster — Aid in the form of an unlimited state guarantee granted to the CCR — Decision declaring the aid to be compatible with the internal market at the end of the preliminary examination procedure — Article 107(3)(c), TFUE — Action for annulment — Locus standi — No substantial effect on the competitive position — Partial inadmissibility — Procedural rights of the interested parties — Interested party — No serious difficulties)
Language of the case: French
Parties
Applicant: Scor SE (Paris, France) (represented by: N. Baverez, N. Autet, M. Béas and G. Marson, lawyers)
Defendant: European Commission (represented by: B. Stromsky, A. Bouchagiar and K. Blanck, acting as Agents)
Interveners in support of the defendant: French Republic (represented initially by D. Colas, B. Fodda, E. de Moustier and J. Bousin, and subsequently by D. Colas, B. Fodda, P. Dodeller, R. Coesme and E. de Moustier, acting as Agents) and Caisse centrale de réassurance (Paris, France) (represented initially by J.-P. Gunther, A. Giraud and S. Petit, and subsequently by A. Giraud and S. Petit, lawyers)
Re:
Application based on Article 263 TFEU seeking annulment of Commission Decision C(2016) 5995 final of 26 September 2016, concerning measures SA.37649 and SA.45860 implemented by France, in so far as the Commission declared the unlimited guarantee granted to the CCR for its business of reinsuring the risks of natural disaster to be compatible with the internal market.
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
Dismisses the action;
Orders Scor SE to bear its own costs and to pay those incurred by the European Commission and Caisse centrale de réassurance (CCR), including those incurred in connection with the request for confidential treatment.
Orders the French Republic to bear its own costs, including those incurred in connection with the request for confidential treatment.
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1 OJ C 144, 8.5.2017.