9.2.2015
EN
Official Journal of the European Union
C 46/42
Judgment of the General Court of 11 December 2014 — Austria v Commission
(Case T-251/11) (1)
((State aid - Electricity - Aid for energy-intensive businesses - Austrian Green Electricity Act - Decision declaring the aid incompatible with the internal market - Concept of State aid - State resources - State imputability - Selective nature - General Block Exemption Regulation - Misuse of power - Equal treatment))
(2015/C 046/50)
Language of the case: German
Parties
Applicant: Republic of Austria (represented by: C. Pesendorfer, J. Bauer, acting as Agents, assisted by T. Rabl, lawyer)
Defendant: European Commission (represented initially by: V. Kreuschitz and T. Maxian Rusche, then by T. Maxian Rusche and R. Sauer, acting as Agents)
Intervener in support of the applicant: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (represented initially by: S. Behzadi-Spencer and S. Ossowski, then by S. Behzadi-Spencer and L. Christie, acting as Agents)
Re:
Application for annulment of Commission Decision 2011/528/EU of 8 March 2011 on State Aid C-24/09 (ex N 446/08) — State aid for energy-intensive businesses under the Green Electricity Act in Austria (OJ 2011 L 235, p. 42).
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
1.
Dismisses the action;
2.
Orders the Republic of Austria to pay the costs;
3.
Orders the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland to bear its own costs.
(1) OJ C 232, 6.8.2011.
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