21.4.2012
EN
Official Journal of the European Union
C 118/2
Judgment of the Court (Sixth Chamber) of 1 March 2012 — European Commission v Hellenic Republic
(Case C-354/10) (1)
(Failure to fulfil obligations - State aid - Tax-exempt reserve fund - Incompatibility with the common market - Recovery - Failure to execute)
2012/C 118/03
Language of the case: Greek
Parties
Applicant: European Commission (represented by: D. Triantafyllou and B. Stromsky, acting as Agents)
Defendant: Hellenic Republic (represented by: P. Mylonopoulos and K. Boskovits, acting as Agents)
Re:
Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations — Failure to take, within the period prescribed, the measures necessary for recovery of the aid held unlawful and incompatible with the internal market by Article 1(1) (excepting the aid referred to in Article 1(2) and Articles 2 and 3) of the Commission decision of 18 July 2007 (C(2007) 3251) concerning the tax-exempt reserve fund (State aid C 37/2005)
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
1.
Declares that, by failing to adopt, within the period prescribed, all the measures necessary for recovery, in accordance with Article 1(1) of Commission Decision 2008/723/EC of 18 July 2007 on State aid C 37/05 (ex NN 11/04) implemented by Greece — tax-exempt reserve fund, of the aid held unlawful and incompatible with the internal market, excepting the aid referred to in Article 1(2) and Articles 2 and 3 of that decision, the Hellenic Republic has failed to fulfil its obligations under Articles 4 to 6 of that decision;
2.
Orders the Hellenic Republic to pay the costs.
(1) OJ C 246, 11.9.2010.
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