Order of the General Court of 9 January 2012 - Neubrandenburger Wohnungsgesellschaft v Commission

(Case T-407/09) 

(Action for annulment - State aid - Contracts for the sale of apartments as part of the privatisation of publicly-owned apartments in Neubrandenburg - Complaint - Act not subject to review - Inadmissibility - Action for failure to act)

Language of the case: German

Parties

Applicant: Neubrandenburger Wohnungsgesellschaft mbH (Neubrandenburg, Germany) (represented by M. Núñez-Müller and J. Dammann, lawyers)

Defendant: European Commission (represented by B. Martenczuk and K. Gross, agents)

Interveners in support of the defendant: Bavaria Immobilien Beteiligungsgesellschaft mbH & Co. Objekte Neubrandenburg KG (Berlin, Germany); and Bavaria Immobilien Trading GmbH & Co. Immobilien Leasing Objekt Neubrandenburg KG (Berlin) (represented by C. von Donat, lawyer)

Re:

Action, first, for annulment of the Commission decision claimed to be contained in the letter of 29 July 2009 declaring that some contracts concluded by the applicant regarding the sale of apartments as part of the privatisation of publicly-owned apartments in Neubrandenburg did not fall within the scope of Article 87(1) EC and, second, for a declaration of the Commission's failure to act, under Article 232 EC, since the Commission did not define its position on those contracts on the basis of Article 4 of Council Regulation (EC) No 659/1999 of 22 March 1999 laying down detailed rules for the application of Article [88 EC] (OJ 1999 L 83, p. 1).

Operative part of the order

1.    The action is dismissed as being inadmissible.

2.    Neubrandenburger Wohnungsgesellschaft mbH shall bear its own costs and pay the costs incurred by the Commission and by Bavaria Immobilien Beteiligungsgesellschaft mbH & Co. Objekte Neubrandenburg KG and Bavaria Immobilien Trading GmbH & Co. Immobilien Leasing Objekt Neubrandenburg KG.

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¹ - OJ C 312, 19.12.2009.