Judgment of the General Court of 13 September 2013 – Poste Italiane v Commission
(Case T-525/08) 1
(State aid – Remuneration of funds from postal accounts placed with the Italian Treasury – Decision declaring the aid incompatible with the internal market and ordering its recovery – Concept of State aid – Advantage)
Language of the case: Italian
Parties
Applicant: Poste Italiane SpA (Rome, Italy) (represented by: A. Fratini, A. Sandulli and F. Filpo, lawyers)
Defendant: European Commission (represented by: C. Cattabriga and D. Grespan, acting as Agents)
Re:
Annulment of Commission Decision 2009/178/EC of 16 July 2008 on the State aid C 42/06 (ex NN 52/06) implemented by Italy to remunerate current accounts held by Poste Italiane with the State Treasury (OJ 2009 L 64, p. 4).
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
Annuls Commission Decision 2009/178/EC of 16 July 2008 on the State aid C 42/06 (ex NN 52/06) implemented by Italy to remunerate current accounts held by Poste Italiane with the State Treasury;
Orders the European Commission to bear its own costs and to pay those incurred by Poste Italiane.
____________1 OJ C 44, 21.1.2009.