Order of the Court of First Instance of 24 September 2009 - Viasat Broadcasting UK v Commission
(State aid - Recapitalisation of a public service broadcaster following a first decision ordering the recovery of incompatible State aid - Decision not to raise objections - Annulment of the first decision - No need to adjudicate)
Language of the case: Danish
Parties
Applicant: Viasat Broadcasting UK Ltd (West Drayton, Middlesex, United Kingdom) (represented by: S. Hjelmborg and M. Honoré, lawyers)
Defendant: Commission of the European Communities (represented by: H. Støvlbæk and M. Niejahr, Agents)
Interveners in support of the applicant: SBS TV A/S, formerly TV Danmark A/S (Skovlunde, Denmark); and SBS Danish Televsion Ltd, formerly Kanal 5 Denmark Ltd (Hounslow, Middlesex, United Kingdom) (represented inititially by D. Vandermeersch, K.-U. Karl, K. Nordlander and H. Peytz, and subsequently by D. Vandermeersch, K.-U. Karl and H. Peytz, lawyers)
Interveners in support of the defendant: Kingdom of Denmark, (represented by: J. Molde, Agent, and by P. Biering and K. Lundgaard Hansen, lawyers); and TV 2/Danmark A/S (Odense, Denmark) (represented by: O. Koktvedgaard and M. Thorninger, lawyers)
Re:
Application for annulment of Commission Decision C(2004) 3632 final of 6 October 2004 relating to the recapitalisation of TV 2/Danmark A/S.
Operative part of the order
1. There is no further need to adjudicate on this action;
2. Each party is ordered to bear its own costs.
____________1 - OJ C 82, 2.4.2005.