Judgment of the General Court of 20 March 2013 – Ruse Industry v Commission
(Case T-489/11) 1
(State aid – Aid granted by Bulgaria in the form of a debt waiver – Decision declaring that aid incompatible with the internal market and ordering its recovery – New aid – Distortion of competition – Obligation to state reasons)
Language of the case: Bulgarian
Parties
Applicant: Ruse Industry (Ruse, Bulgaria) (represented by: A. Angelov and S. Panov, lawyers)
Defendant: European Commission (represented by: C. Urraca Caviedes and D. Stefanov, acting as Agents)
Re:
Application for annulment in part of Commission Decision 2012/706/EU of 13 July 2011 on the State aid SA.28903 (C 12/10) (ex N 389/09) implemented by Bulgaria in favour of Ruse Industry (OJ 2012 L 320, p. 27).
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
Dismisses the action;
Orders Ruse Industry AD to bear its own costs and those incurred by the European Commission, including those relating to the application for interim relief.
____________1 OJ C 347, 26.11.2011.