Judgment of the General Court (Eighth Chamber) of 18 May 2022

Tirrenia di navigazione SpA v European Commission

State aid – Maritime transport – Service of general economic interest – Decision declaring the aid unlawful – Decision declaring the aid partly compatible and partly incompatible with the internal market and ordering its recovery – Rescue aid – Compatibility with the internal market – Period of six months – Extension – Requirement to submit a restructuring or liquidation plan – Guidelines on State aid for rescuing and restructuring firms in difficulty – Tax exemption – Advantage – Selective nature – Effect on trade between Member States – Adverse effect on competition – Excessive duration of the procedure – Legitimate expectations – Legal certainty – Principle of good administration

Case T-593/20



Top of the page Documents in the Case
Document Date Name of the parties Subject-matter Curia EUR-Lex Autres Liens
Judgment (OJ)
08/07/2022 Tirrenia di navigazione v Commission
Competition
- State aid
  • Competition
  • - State aid
EUR-Lex text EUR-Lex bilingual text
Judgment
ECLI:EU:T:2022:300		 18/05/2022 Tirrenia di navigazione v Commission
Competition
- State aid
  • Competition
  • - State aid
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Judgment (Information)
ECLI:EU:T:2022:300		 18/05/2022 Tirrenia di navigazione v Commission
Competition
- State aid
  • Competition
  • - State aid
EUR-Lex text EUR-Lex bilingual text
Application (OJ)
23/10/2020 Tirrenia di navigazione v Commission
Competition
- State aid
  • Competition
  • - State aid
EUR-Lex text EUR-Lex bilingual text
Top of the page Legal analysis of the decision or of the case

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published in the electronic Reports of Cases (Court Reports - general - 'Information on unpublished decisions' section)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
  3.08 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
  4.09 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
    4.09.04 Procedure for reviewing aid
      4.09.04.08 Implementation of the Commission decision and recovery
        4.09.04.08.03 Amount of aid to be recovered
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4 Internal policy of the European Union
  4.09 State aid
    4.09.04 Procedure for reviewing aid
      4.09.04.08 Implementation of the Commission decision and recovery
        4.09.04.08.00 General
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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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1 The legal order of the European Union
  1.01 Sources of EU law
    1.01.02 General principles of law
      1.01.02.03 Principle of the protection of legitimate expectations
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4 Internal policy of the European Union
  4.09 State aid
    4.09.04 Procedure for reviewing aid
      4.09.04.08 Implementation of the Commission decision and recovery
        4.09.04.08.00 General


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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

  • 28/09/2020

Date of the Opinion

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Date of the hearing

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Date of delivery

18/05/2022


References

Publication in the Official Journal

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Name of the parties

Tirrenia di navigazione v Commission

Notes on Academic Writings

  1. Idot, Laurence: Aides d'État - Suites d'une privatisation dans le transport maritime, Europe 2022, n° 7 Juillet, comm. 244 (FR)
  2. Stromsky, Bruno: Transport maritime : Le Tribunal de l’Union européenne confirme des décisions de la Commission européenne déclarant incompatibles avec le marché intérieur des aides accordées à un service public maritime (Tirrenia di navigazione), Concurrences : revue des droits de la concurrence 2022, nº 3, p. 153-155 (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

Huitième chambre (Tribunal)

Judge-Rapporteur

Barents

Advocate General

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Language(s) of the Case

  • Italian

Language(s) of the Opinion

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