Judgment of the General Court of 13 December 2017 — Greece v Commission
(Case T-314/15) 1
(State aid — Aid in favour of an undertaking which has concluded a concession to operate container terminals in the Port of Piraeus — Decision declaring the aid to be incompatible with the internal market — Right of defence — Duty to give reasons — Concept of State aid — Aid to facilitate the development of certain economic activities or of certain economic areas — Incentive effect of the aid — Necessity of the aid — Determination of the amount of aid)
Language of the case: Greek
Parties
Applicant: Hellenic Republic (represented by: K. Boskovits and L. Kotroni, acting as Agents)
Defendant: European Commission (represented by: A. Bouchagiar and B. Stromsky, agents acting as Agents)
Re:
Action under Article 263 TFEU for the annulment of Commission Decision (EU) 2015/1827 of 23 March 2015, in relation to the State aid SA.28876 (12/C) (ex CP 202/2009) which Greece granted to the undertakings Piraeus Container Terminal SA and Cosco Pacific Ltd (OJ 2015 L 269, p. 93)
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
Dismisses the action;
Orders the Hellenic Republic to pay the costs.
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1 OJ C 279, 24.8.2015.