Judgment of the General Court of 8 December 2011 - Deutsche Post v Commission
(Case T-421/07)
(State aid - Measures taken by the German authorities in favour of Deutsche Post AG - Decision to initiate the procedure laid down in Article 88(2) EC - No prior definitive decision - Inadmissibility)
Language of the case: German
Parties
Applicant: Deutsche Post AG (Bonn, Germany) (represented by: J. Sedemund and T. Lübbig, lawyers)
Defendant: European Commission (represented initially by N. Khan and B. Martenczuk, and subsequently by Martenczuk and D. Grespan, acting as Agents)
Interveners in support of the defendant: UPS Europe NV/SA (Brussels, Belgium); and UPS Deutschland Inc. & Co. OHG (Neuss, Germany) (represented by: T. Ottervanger and E. Henny, lawyers)
Re:
Application for annulment of the Commission decision of 12 September 2007 to initiate the procedure laid down in Article 88 (2) [EC] in respect of State aid granted by the Federal Republic of Germany to Deutsche Post AG (C 36/07 (ex NN 25/07))
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
Dismisses the action as inadmissible;
Orders Deutsche Post AG to bear its own costs and to pay those incurred by the European Commission;
Orders UPS Europe NV/SA and UPS Deutschland Inc. & Co. OHG to bear their own costs.
____________1 - OJ C 22, 26.1.2008.