Judgment of the General Court (Third Chamber, Extended Composition) of 22 September 2021

Dimosia Epicheirisi Ilektrismou AE (DEI) v European Commission

State aid – Tariff for electricity supply – Fixing of the tariff invoiced to Alouminion by decision of an arbitration tribunal – Decision to take no further action on the complaint – Decision finding that there is no aid – Act open to challenge – Interested person status – Interest in bringing proceedings – Locus standi – Admissibility – Whether attributable to the State – Advantage – Private operator principle – Serious difficulties

Joined Cases T-639/14 RENV, T-352/15 and T-740/17



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Document Date Name of the parties Subject-matter Curia EUR-Lex Autres Liens
Judgment (OJ)
22/10/2021 DEI v Commission
Competition
- State aid
  • Competition
  • - State aid
EUR-Lex text EUR-Lex bilingual text
Abstract
ECLI:EU:T:2021:604		 22/09/2021 DEI v Commission
Competition
- State aid
  • Competition
  • - State aid
EUR-Lex text EUR-Lex bilingual text
Judgment
ECLI:EU:T:2021:604		 22/09/2021 DEI v Commission
Competition
- State aid
  • Competition
  • - State aid
EUR-Lex text EUR-Lex bilingual text
Order
ECLI:EU:T:2018:634		 25/09/2018 DEI v Commission
Competition
- State aid
  • Competition
  • - State aid
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Top of the page Legal analysis of the decision or of the case

Reports of Cases

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Subject-matter

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Systematic classification scheme

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3 Legal proceedings
  3.02 Actions for annulment
    3.02.01 Acts which may be the subject of an action for annulment
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4 Internal policy of the European Union
  4.09 State aid
    4.09.04 Procedure for reviewing aid
      4.09.04.00 General
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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
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4 Internal policy of the European Union
  4.09 State aid
    4.09.04 Procedure for reviewing aid
      4.09.04.05 Commission decision following a preliminary review or proceeding to the formal investigation procedure
        4.09.04.05.01 Decision finding no aid
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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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4 Internal policy of the European Union
  4.09 State aid
    4.09.04 Procedure for reviewing aid
      4.09.04.05 Commission decision following a preliminary review or proceeding to the formal investigation procedure
        4.09.04.05.01 Decision finding no aid
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4 Internal policy of the European Union
  4.09 State aid
    4.09.04 Procedure for reviewing aid
      4.09.04.05 Commission decision following a preliminary review or proceeding to the formal investigation procedure
        4.09.04.05.03 Decision to initiate a formal investigation procedure
          4.09.04.05.03.01 Obligation to initiate the formal investigation procedure
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1 The legal order of the European Union
  1.03 Respective powers and obligations of the European Union and of the Member States
    1.03.03 Obligation of good faith
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1 The legal order of the European Union
  1.05 EU law and national law
    1.05.01 Direct effect, primacy and uniform application of EU law
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4 Internal policy of the European Union
  4.09 State aid
    4.09.04 Procedure for reviewing aid
      4.09.04.03 Direct effect of the final sentence of Article 108(3) TFEU and role of national courts
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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
        4.09.01.03.01 Private investor/private creditor test
          4.09.01.03.01.00 General
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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
        4.09.01.03.00 General
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4 Internal policy of the European Union
  4.09 State aid
    4.09.01 Definition of aid
      4.09.01.01 Imputability to a public body


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Operative part

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Opinion

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Dates

Date of the lodging of the application initiating proceedings

  • 31/05/2017

Date of the Opinion

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Date of the hearing

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Date of delivery

22/09/2021


References

Publication in the Official Journal

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Name of the parties

DEI v Commission

Notes on Academic Writings

  1. Idot, Laurence: Aides d'État - Difficultés sérieuses et sentence arbitrale, Europe 2021, nº 11 Novembre, comm. 398 (FR)
  2. Stromsky, Bruno: Opérateur privé : Le Tribunal de l’Union européenne estime qu’une décision d’arbitrage sollicitée par les deux parties à un litige est assimilable au jugement d’une juridiction ordinaire et qu’elle est donc susceptible de constituer un acte d’octroi d’une aide d’État (DEI), Concurrences : revue des droits de la concurrence 2021, nº 4, p. 134-136 (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 : application granted
  • Judgment delivered after setting aside and referral back

Formation of the Court

troisième chambre élargie (Tribunal)

Judge-Rapporteur

Kreuschitz

Advocate General

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Language(s) of the Case

  • Greek

Language(s) of the Opinion

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