Judgment of the General Court (Second Chamber) of 13 December 2011.

Konsum Nord ekonomisk förening v European Commission.

State aid - Land sale price - Decision declaring the aid incompatible with the common market and ordering its recovery - Private investor test - Determination of market price.

Case T-244/08.


Top of the page Documents in the Case
Document Date Name of the parties Subject-matter Curia EUR-Lex Link
Application (OJ)
30/08/2008 Konsum Nord v Commission
Judgment (Information)
ECLI:EU:T:2011:732
13/12/2011 Konsum Nord v Commission
Judgment
ECLI:EU:T:2011:732
13/12/2011 Konsum Nord v Commission
Judgment (OJ)
20/01/2012 Konsum Nord v Commission
Top of the page Legal analysis of the decision or of the case

Reports of Cases

2011 II-00444*

Pub somm

Subject-matter

Annulment of Commission Decision C (2008) of 30 January 2008 declaring incompatible with the common market the aid granted by the Swedish authorities to Konsum Jämtland Ekonomisk Förening in the form of the sale of a plot of land at a price below the market price by the municipality of Åre (State aid No C 35/2006 (ex NN 37/2006))

Systematic classification scheme

1.
4 Internal policy of the European Union
  4.09 State aid
    4.09.01 Definition of aid
      4.09.01.00 General
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
        4.09.01.03.01 Private investor/private creditor test
          4.09.01.03.01.03 Letting, sale, transfer
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
        4.09.01.03.01 Private investor/private creditor test
          4.09.01.03.01.04 Recovery of debts


Citations of case-law or legislation

References in grounds of judgment

Operative part

Opinion

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Dates

Date of the lodging of the application initiating proceedings

  • 23/06/2008

Date of the Opinion

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Date of the hearing

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Date of delivery

13/12/2011


References

Publication in the Official Journal

Application: OJ C 223 from 30.08.2008, p.51

Judgment: OJ C 32 from 04.02.2012, p.18

Name of the parties

Konsum Nord v Commission

Notes on Academic Writings

  1. Idot, Laurence: Notion d'aide et investisseur privé en économie de marché, Europe 2012 Février Comm. nº 2 p.32-33
  2. Cochrane, Emma ; Heinisch, Oliver: Access to leniency documents - The European Commission is ordered to rethink its blanket approach, Competition Law Insight 2012 Vol. 11 Issue 7 p.6-8
  3. Janssen, Helmut: Urban Planning Recognized as a Relevant Factor in Land Transactions, European State Aid Law Quarterly 2013 p.109-117



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 : application granted

Formation of the Court

deuxième chambre (Tribunal)

Judge-Rapporteur

Dehousse

Advocate General

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Language(s) of the Case

  • Swedish

Language(s) of the Opinion

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