Judgment of the General Court of 13 May 2015 — Niki Luftfahrt v Commission
(Case T-511/09) 1
(State aid — Restructuring aid granted by Austria to the Austrian Airlines group — Decision declaring the aid compatible with the common market, subject to compliance with certain conditions — Privatisation of the Austrian Airlines group — Determination of the recipient of the aid — Guidelines for State aid for the rescue and restructuring of undertakings in difficulty)
Language of the case: German
Parties
Applicant: Niki Luftfahrt GmbH (Vienna, Austria) (represented by: H. Asenbauer and A. Habeler, lawyers)
Defendant: European Commission (represented initially by: B. Martenczuk and K. Gross, acting as Agents, and G. Quardt, lawyer, and subsequently by: B. Martenczuk and R. Sauer, acting as Agents, and G. Quardt and J. Lipinsky, lawyers)
Interveners in support of the defendant: Republic of Austria (represented by: C. Pesendorfer and M. Klamert, acting as Agents); Deutsche Lufthansa AG (Cologne, Germany) (represented initially by: H.-J. Niemeyer, H. Ehlers and M. Rosenberg and subsequently by: H.-J. Niemeyer, H. Ehlers, C. Kovács and S. Völcker, lawyers); Austrian Airlines AG (Vienna) (represented initially by: H.-J. Niemeyer, H. Ehlers and M. Rosenberg and subsequently by: H.-J. Niemeyer, H. Ehlers, C. Kovács and S. Völcker, lawyers), and Österreichische Industrieholding AG (Vienna) (represented by: T. Zivny, P. Lewisch and H. Kristoferitsch, lawyers)
Re:
Annulment of Commission Decision 2010/137/EC of 28 August 2009, State aid C 6/2009 (ex N 663/2008) — Austria Austrian Airlines — restructuring plan (OJ 2010 L 59, p. 1), declaring the restructuring aid granted by the Republic of Austria to the Austrian Airlines Group in the course of its purchase by the Lufthansa group to be compatible with the common market, subject to compliance with certain conditions.
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
Dismisses the action;
Orders Niki Luftfahrt GmbH to bear its own costs and pay those incurred by the European Commission, Österreichische Industrieholding AG, Deutsche Lufthansa AG and Austrian Airlines AG.
Orders the Republic of Austria to bear its own costs.
________________________1 OJ C 80, 27.3.2010;