Judgment of the General Court of 1 July 2010 - ThyssenKrupp Acciai Speciali Terni v Commission
(State aid − Compensation for expropriation on grounds of public interest − Temporal extension of a preferential tariff for the supply of electricity − Decision declaring the aid incompatible with the common market − Concept of advantage − Principle of the protection of legitimate expectations - Aid measure put into effect)
Language of the case: Italian
Parties
Applicant: ThyssenKrupp Acciai Speciali Terni SpA (Terni, Italy) (represented by: T. Salonico, G. Pellegrino, G. Pellegrino and G. Barone, lawyers)
Defendant: European Commission (represented by: C. Giolito and G. Conte, Agents)
Re:
Application for annulment of Commission Decision 2008/408/EC of 20 November 2007 on the State aid C 36/A/06 (ex NN 38/06) implemented by Italy in favour of ThyssenKrupp, Cementir and Nuova Terni Industrie Chimiche (OJ 2008 L 144, p. 37)
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
Dismisses the action.
Orders ThyssenKrupp Acciai Speciali Terni SpA to pay the costs.
____________1 - OJ C 92, 12.4.2008.