Order of the President of the General Court of 16 October 2013 – Spain v Commission

(Case T-461/13 R)

(Application for interim measures – State aid – Decision declaring aid to be incompatible with the internal market and ordering its recovery and the cancellation of any outstanding payments – Application for suspension of operation – Failure to show a prima facie case and urgency)

Language of the case: Spanish

Parties

Applicant: Kingdom of Spain (represented by: A. Rubio González, abogado del Estado)

Defendant: European Commission (represented by: É. Gippini Fournier, B. Stromsky and P. Němečková, acting as Agents)

Re:

Application for suspension of operation of Commission Decision C(2013) 3204 final of 19 June 2013 on State aid SA.28599 (C 23/2010) (ex NN 36/010, ex CP 163/2009) implemented by the Kingdom of Spain for the deployment of digital terrestrial television in remote and less-urbanised areas (other than Castilla-La Mancha).

Operative part of the order

1.    The application for interim measures is dismissed;

2.    The costs are reserved.