Judgment of the General Court of 1 July 2010 - Cementir Italia v Commission
(State aid - Compensation for expropriation on grounds of public interest - Temporal extension of a preferential tariff for the supply of electricity - Decision declaring the aid incompatible with the common market and ordering its recovery - Concept of advantage - Principle of the protection of legitimate expectations - Aid measure put into effect.)
Language of the case: Italian
Parties
Applicant: Cementir Italia Srl (Rome, Italy) (represented by: T. Salonico, G. Pellegrino, G. Pellegrino and G. Barone, lawyers)
Defendant: European Commission (represented by: C. Giolito and G. Conte, agents)
Re:
Application for annulment of Decision 2008/408/EC of the Commission of 20 November 2007 on the State aid C 36/A/06 (ex NN 38/06) implemented by Italy in favour of ThyssenKrupp, Cementir and Nuova Terni Industrie Chimiche (OJ 2008 L 144, p. 37)
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
Dismisses the application.
Orders Cementir Italia Srl to pay the costs.
____________1 - OJ C 92, 12.4.2008.