Order of the General Court of 5 May 2010 - CBI and ABISP v Commission

(Case T-128/08 and Case T-241/08) ¹

(State aid - Subsidies granted to public hospitals by the Belgian authorities - Service of general economic interest - Complaint - Alleged decision to take no further action on the complaint - Subsequent adoption of a decision declaring the aid to be compatible with the common market - No need to adjudicate)

Language of the case: French

Parties

Applicants: Coordination bruxelloise d'institutions sociales et de santé (CBI) (Brussels, Belgium); and Association bruxelloise des institutions de soins privées (ABISP) (Brussels) (represented by: D. Waelbroeck, lawyer, and D. Slater, Solicitor)

Defendant: European Commission (represented by: C. Giolito, J.-P. Keppenne and B. Stromsky, Agents)

Re:

Application for annulment of an alleged Commission decision, resulting from its letters of 10 January and 10 April 2008, not to initiate the procedure provided for in Article 88(2) EC and to take no further action on the applicants' complaint concerning alleged State aid granted by the Belgian authorities in connection with the financing of public hospitals of the IRIS network (Interhospitalière régionale des infrastructures de soins) in the Brussels-Capital Region (Belgium).

Operative part of the order

    Case T-128/08 and Case T-241/08 shall be joined for the purposes of this order.

    There is no longer any need to adjudicate on these actions.

There is no need to adjudicate on the applications for leave to intervene submitted by Commune de Saint-Gilles (Belgium), Commune d'Etterbeek (Belgium), Commune d'Ixelles (Belgium), Commune d'Anderlecht (Belgium), Brussels-Capital Region (Belgium), City of Brussels (Belgium), or the Republic of Finland.

The European Commission shall pay the costs.

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¹ - OJ C 142, 7.6.2008.