Judgment of the General Court (Sixth Chamber) of 30 April 2019

Chambre de commerce et d'industrie métropolitaine Bretagne-Ouest (port de Brest) v European Commission

State aid — General corporate tax exemption scheme implemented by France in favour of its ports — Decision declaring the aid scheme incompatible with the internal market — Existing aid — Concept of economic activity — Services of general interest — Principle of sound administration — Duty to state reasons — Error of assessment

Case T-754/17


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Document Date Name of the parties Subject-matter Curia EUR-Lex Autres Liens
Judgment (OJ)
14/06/2019 Chambre de commerce and d'industrie métropolitaine Bretagne-Ouest (port de Brest) v Commission
Competition
- State aid
  • Competition
  • - State aid
EUR-Lex text EUR-Lex bilingual text
Judgment
ECLI:EU:T:2019:270		 30/04/2019 Chambre de commerce and d'industrie métropolitaine Bretagne-Ouest (port de Brest) v Commission
Competition
- State aid
  • Competition
  • - State aid
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Judgment (Information)
ECLI:EU:T:2019:270		 30/04/2019 Chambre de commerce and d'industrie métropolitaine Bretagne-Ouest (port de Brest) v Commission
Competition
- State aid
  • Competition
  • - State aid
EUR-Lex text EUR-Lex bilingual text
Application (OJ)
19/01/2018 Chambre de commerce and d'industrie métropolitaine Bretagne-Ouest (port de Brest) v Commission
Competition
- State aid
  • Competition
  • - State aid
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Reports of Cases

published in the electronic Reports of Cases (Court Reports - general - 'Information on unpublished decisions' section)

Subject-matter

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Systematic classification scheme

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3 Legal proceedings
  3.02 Actions for annulment
    3.02.03 Applications by natural or legal persons
      3.02.03.02 Acts which are of individual concern to them
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3 Legal proceedings
  3.02 Actions for annulment
    3.02.03 Applications by natural or legal persons
      3.02.03.03 Acts which are of direct concern to them
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3 Legal proceedings
  3.02 Actions for annulment
    3.02.03 Applications by natural or legal persons
      3.02.03.04 Regulatory acts
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3 Legal proceedings
  3.02 Actions for annulment
    3.02.03 Applications by natural or legal persons
      3.02.03.02 Acts which are of individual concern to them
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3 Legal proceedings
  3.08 Procedural rules
    3.08.04 Subject-matter, form of order sought and pleas in law
      3.08.04.01 Formal requirements
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4 Internal policy of the European Union
  4.08 Competition
    4.08.00 EU competition rules
      4.08.00.06 Definition of undertaking
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4 Internal policy of the European Union
  4.09 State aid
    4.09.01 Definition of aid
      4.09.01.03 Advantage conferred on an undertaking
        4.09.01.03.02 Compensation for the costs connected with a public service mission
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4 Internal policy of the European Union
  4.09 State aid
    4.09.02 Damage to competition and effect on trade
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4 Internal policy of the European Union
  4.09 State aid
    4.09.02 Damage to competition and effect on trade
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4 Internal policy of the European Union
  4.09 State aid
    4.09.04 Procedure for reviewing aid
      4.09.04.07 Commission decision following the formal investigation procedure
        4.09.04.07.01 Statement of reasons for the decision following the formal investigation procedure
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4 Internal policy of the European Union
  4.09 State aid
    4.09.01 Definition of aid
      4.09.01.00 General


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References in grounds of judgment

Operative part

Opinion

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Dates

Date of the lodging of the application initiating proceedings

  • 15/11/2017

Date of the Opinion

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Date of the hearing

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Date of delivery

30/04/2019


References

Publication in the Official Journal

Judgment: OJ C 220 from 01.07.2019, p.36

Application: OJ C 42 from 05.02.2018, p.30

Name of the parties

Chambre de commerce and d'industrie métropolitaine Bretagne-Ouest (port de Brest) v Commission

Notes on Academic Writings

  1. Tesson, Fabien: Le juge de l'Union européenne confirme le caractère économique de l'activité de certains ports français, Revue Lamy de la Concurrence : droit, économie, régulation 2019 nº 87 p.57-60 (FR)



Procedural Analysis Information

Source of the question referred for a preliminary ruling

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Subject-matter

  • Competition
  • - State aid

Provisions of national law referred to

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Provisions of international law referred to

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Procedure and result

  • Actions for annulment : dismissal on substantive grounds

Formation of the Court

sixième chambre (Tribunal)

Judge-Rapporteur

Berardis

Advocate General

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Language(s) of the Case

  • French

Language(s) of the Opinion

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