Judgment of the General Court (Ninth Chamber) of 4 February 2016

Heitkamp BauHolding GmbH v European Commission

State aid — German tax legislation concerning loss carry-forward to future tax years (Sanierungsklausel) — Decision declaring the aid incompatible with the internal market — Action for annulment — Individual concern — Admissibility — Concept of State aid — Selectivity — Nature and general scheme of the tax system

Case T-287/11



Top of the page Documents in the Case
Document Date Name of the parties Subject-matter Curia EUR-Lex Autres Liens
Judgment (OJ)
26/02/2016 Heitkamp BauHolding v Commission
Judgment
ECLI:EU:T:2016:60
04/02/2016 Heitkamp BauHolding v Commission
Judgment (Summary)
ECLI:EU:T:2016:60
04/02/2016 Heitkamp BauHolding v Commission
Application (OJ)
29/07/2011 Heitkamp BauHolding v Commission
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Reports of Cases

published in the electronic Reports of Cases (Court Reports - general)

Subject-matter

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Systematic classification scheme

1.
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
3 Legal proceedings
  3.02 Actions for annulment
    3.02.03 Applications by natural or legal persons
      3.02.03.01 Interest in bringing proceedings
4 Internal policy of the European Union
  4.09 State aid
    4.09.01 Definition of aid
      4.09.01.04 Selective nature of the measure
        4.09.01.04.01 Selective nature of national tax measures
3 Legal proceedings
  3.02 Actions for annulment
    3.02.04 Pleas in law
      3.02.04.05 Scope and limits of review by the Courts
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
        4.09.04.07.00 General
4 Internal policy of the European Union
  4.09 State aid
    4.09.01 Definition of aid
      4.09.01.04 Selective nature of the measure
        4.09.01.04.01 Selective nature of national tax measures
3 Legal proceedings
  3.08 Procedural rules
    3.08.04 Subject-matter, form of order sought and pleas in law
      3.08.04.03 New pleas in law


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

  • 06/06/2011

Date of the Opinion

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Date of the hearing

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Date of delivery

04/02/2016


References

Publication in the Official Journal

Judgment: OJ C 98 from 14.03.2016, p.27

Application: OJ C 238 from 13.08.2011, p.21

Name of the parties

Heitkamp BauHolding v Commission

Notes on Academic Writings

  1. Luja, Raymond: GFKL Financial Services. German Sanierungsklausel, Highlights & Insights on European Taxation 2016 nº 5 p.189-190 (EN)
  2. De Weerth, Jan: EuG zur "Sanierungsklausel" des § 8c KStG: Die Rückausnahme zur Ausnahme ist eine staatliche Beihilfe i.S.d. EU-Beihilferechts!, Der Betrieb 2016 p.682-684 (DE)
  3. Idot, Laurence: Caractère sélectif d'une mesure fiscale, Europe 2016 Avril Comm. nº 4 p.29-30 (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

neuvième chambre (Tribunal)

Judge-Rapporteur

Popescu

Advocate General

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Language(s) of the Case

  • German

Language(s) of the Opinion

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