9.2.2015
EN
Official Journal of the European Union
C 46/43
Judgment of the General Court of 12 December 2014 — Banco Privado Português and Massa Insolvente do Banco Privado Português v Commission
(Case T-487/11) (1)
((State aid - Financial sector - State guarantee accompanying a bank loan - Aid designed to remedy a serious disturbance in the economy of a Member State - Article 107(3)(b) TFEU - Decision declaring the aid incompatible with the internal market - Guidelines on State aid for rescuing and restructuring firms in difficulty - Conformity with the Commission’s notices concerning aid to the financial sector in the context of the financial crisis - Legitimate expectation - Obligation to state reasons))
(2015/C 046/52)
Language of the case: Portuguese
Parties
Applicants: Banco Privado Português, SA (Lisbon, Portugal); and Massa Insolvente do Banco Privado Português, SA (Lisbon) (represented by: C. Fernández Vicién, F. Pereira Coutinho, M. Esperança Pina, T. Mafalda Santos, R. Leandro Vasconcelos and A. Kéri, lawyers)
Defendant: European Commission (represented by: L. Flynn and M. Afonso, acting as Agents)
Re:
Application for annulment of Commission Decision 2011/346/EU of 20 July 2010 on the State aid C 33/09 (ex NN 57/09, CP 191/09) implemented by Portugal in the form of a State guarantee to BPP (OJ 2011 L 159, p. 95).
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
1.
Dismisses the application;
2.
Orders Banco Privado Português, SA and Massa Insolvente do Banco Privado Português, SA to bear their own costs as well as those incurred by the European Commission.
(1) OJ C 340, 19.11.2011.
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