Judgment of the General Court of 29 November 2023 – Asempre v Commission
(Case T-513/20) 1
(Action for annulment – State aid – Postal service – Compensation for universal postal service – Professional association – Lack of individual concern – No substantial effect on the competitive position – Inadmissibility)
Language of the case: Spanish
Parties
Applicant: Asociación Profesional de Empresas de Reparto y Manipulado de Correspondencia (Asempre) (Madrid, Spain) (represented by: I. Igartua Arregui, M. Troncoso Ferrer and J. Silva Cabaleiro, lawyers)
Defendant: European Commission (represented by: J. Carpi Badía and D. Recchia, acting as Agents)
Interveners in support of the defendant: Sociedad Estatal Correos y Telégrafos SA (represented by: D. Sarmiento Ramírez Escudero and A. Pérez Hernández, lawyers), Kingdom of Spain (represented by: L. Aguilera Ruiz, acting as Agent)
Re:
By its action under Article 263 TFEU, the applicant seeks the annulment of Commission Decision C(2020) 3108 final of 14 May 2020, concerning State aid SA.50872 (2020/NN) – Compensation to Correos under the universal service obligation, 2011-2020.
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
Dismisses the action as inadmissible;
Orders the Asociación Profesional de Empresas de Reparto y Manipulado de Correspondencia (Asempre) to bear its own costs and to pay those incurred by the European Commission and by Sociedad Estatal Correos y Telégrafos, SA.
Orders the Kingdom of Spain to bear its own costs.
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1 OJ C 320, 28.9.2020.