Order of the General Court of 9 September 2013 – Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria v Commission

(Case T-429/11) ¹

(Action for annulment – State aid – Aid scheme permitting tax amortisation of financial goodwill for foreign shareholding acquisitions – Decision declaring the aid scheme incompatible with the internal market and not ordering the recovery of the aid – Act entailing implementing measures – Lack of individual concern – Lack of status as an actual recipient under the aid scheme – No obligation to repay the aid – Inadmissibility)

Language of the case: Spanish

Parties

Applicant: Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria, SA (Bilbao, Spain) (represented by J. Ruiz Calzado, M. Núñez Müller and J. Domínguez Pérez, lawyers)

Defendant: European Commission (represented by R. Lyal, C. Urraca Caviedes and P. Němečková, acting as Agents)Re:Request for partial annulment of Commission Decision 2011/282/EU of 12 January 2011 on the tax amortisation of financial goodwill for foreign shareholding acquisitions No C 45/07 (ex NN 51/07, ex CP 9/07) implemented by Spain (OJ 2011 L 135,

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guage of the case: SpanishPartiesApplicant: Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria, SA (Bilbao, Spain) (represented by J. Ruiz Calzado, M. Núñez Müller and J. Domínguez Pérez, lawyers)Defendant: European Commission (represented by R. Lyal, C. Urraca Caviedes and P. Němečková, acting as Agents)Re:Request for partial annulment of Commission Decision 2011/282/EU of 12 January 2011 on the tax amortisation of financial goodwill for foreign shareholding acquisitions No C 45/07 (ex NN 51/07, ex CP 9/07) implemented by Spain (OJ 2011 L 135, p. 1).Operative part of the order1.    The action is dismissed.2.    Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria, SA is ordered to pay the costs.