Order of the General Court of 21 March 2012 - Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria v Commission
(Case T-225/10)
(Action for annulment - State aid - Aid scheme allowing the tax amortisation of financial goodwill for foreign shareholding acquisitions - Decision declaring the aid scheme incompatible with the common market and not ordering the recovery of the aid - No individual concern - Inadmissibility)
Language of the case: Spanish
Parties
Applicant: Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria, SA (Bilbao, Spain) (represented by: J. Buendía Sierra, E. Abad Valdenebro, M. Munõz de Juan and R. Calvo Salinero, lawyers)
Defendant: European Commission (represented by: R. Lyal and C. Urraca Caviedes, acting as Agents)
Re:
Application for annulment of Article 1(1) of Commission Decision 2011/5/EC of 28 October 2009 on the tax amortisation of financial goodwill for foreign shareholding acquisitions C 45/07 (ex NN 51/07, ex CP 9/07) implemented by Spain (OJ 2011 L 7, p. 48)
Operative part of the order
1. The action is dismissed.
2. Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria, SA shall pay the costs..
____________1 - OJ C 179, 3.7.2010.