Order of the General Court of 23 January 2014 – Confederación de Cooperativas Agrarias de España and CEPES v Commission
(Case T-156/10) 1
(Action for annulment – State aid – Spanish legislation laying down measures in favour of agricultural cooperatives following the fuel price increase – Decision declaring the aid incompatible with the internal market – Professional associations – Lack of individual concern – No recovery – No longer any interest in bringing proceedings – Inadmissibility)
Language of the case: Spanish
Parties
Applicants: Confederación de Cooperativas Agrarias de España (Madrid, Spain), and Confederación Empresarial Española de la Economía Social (CEPES) (Madrid) (represented by: M. Araujo Boyd and M. Muñoz de Juan, lawyers)
Defendant: European Commission (represented by: R. Lyal and C. Urraca Caviedes, agents)
Intervener in support of the defendant: Asociación de Empresarios de Estaciones de Servicio de la Comunidad Autónoma de Madrid (Aeescam) (represented by: R. Ortega Bueno and M. Delgado Echevarría, lawyers)
Re:
Application to annul Commission decision 2010/473/EU of 15 December 2009 relating to measures to support agriculture implemented by Spain following the fuel price increase (OJ 2010 L 235, p.1).
Operative part of the order
1. The application is dismissed as inadmissible.
2. The Confederación de Cooperativas Agrarias de España and the Confederación Empresarial Española de la Economía Social (CEPES) shall bear their own costs and pay the costs incurred by the European Commission.
3. The Asociación de Empresarios de Estaciones de Servicio de la Comunidad Autónoma de Madrid (Aeescam) shall bear its own costs.
____________1 OJ C 148, 5.6.2010.