Order of the General Court of 23 January 2018 — QF v Commission

(Case T-846/16) ¹

(Action for annulment — State aid — Aid granted by the Spanish authorities to certain professional football clubs — Preferential tax rate applied in connection with corporate tax — Decision declaring the aid to be incompatible with the internal market — No interest in bringing proceedings — Manifest inadmissibility)

Language of the case: Spanish

Parties

Applicant: QF (represented by: L. Ruiz Ezquerra, R. Oncina Borrego, I. Sobrepera Millet and A. Hernández Pardo, lawyers)

Defendant: European Commission (represented by: G. Luengo, B. Stromsky and P. Němečková, acting as Agents)

Re:

Application pursuant to Article 263 TFEU seeking the annulment of Commission Decision C(2016) 4046 final of 4 July 2016 on the State aid SA.29769 (2013/C) (ex 2013/NN) implemented by Spain for certain football clubs.

Operative part of the order

1.    The application for a decision that there is no need to adjudicate is dismissed.

2.    The action is dismissed as manifestly inadmissible.

3.    There is no longer any need to rule on the applications to intervene submitted by the Kingdom of Spain and Fútbol Club Barcelona.

4.    QF shall pay the costs.

5.    QF, the European Commission, the Kingdom of Spain and Fútbol Club Barcelona shall each bear their own respective costs relating to the applications to intervene.

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¹     OJ C 53, 20.2.2017.