Judgment of the General Court of 29 November 2023 – Uno v Commission
(Case T-514/20) 1
(Action for annulment – State aid – Postal service – Compensation for universal postal service – Professional association – Lack of individual concern – No substantial effect on the competitive position – Inadmissibility)
Language of the case: Spanish
Parties
Applicant: Uno Organización Empresarial de Logística y Transporte (Colsada, Spain) (represented by: J. Piqueras Ruiz, lawyer)
Defendant: European Commission (represented by: J. Carpi Badía and D. Recchia, acting as Agents)
Interveners in support of the defendant: Sociedad Estatal Correos y Telégrafos SA (represented by: D. Sarmiento Ramírez-Escudero and A. Pérez Hernández, lawyers), Kingdom of Spain (represented by: L. Aguilera Ruiz, acting as Agent)
Re:
By its action based on Article 263 TFEU, the applicant seeks the annulment of European Commission Decision C (2020) 3108 final of 14 May 2020 on State aid SA.50872 (2020/NN) – Spain – Compensation to Correos on account of the universal service obligation (‘USO’), 2011-2020.
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
Dismisses the action as being inadmissible;
Orders Uno Organización Empresarial de Logística y Transporte to bear its own costs as well as those incurred by the European Commission and by the Sociedad Estatal Correos y Telégrafos, SA;
Orders the Kingdom of Spain to bear its own costs.
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1 OJ C 339, 12.10.2020.