21.8.2017
EN
Official Journal of the European Union
C 277/32
Judgment of the General Court of 6 July 2017 — SNCM v Commission
(Case T-1/15) (1)
((State aid - Aid measures implemented by France in favour of SNCM - Restructuring aid and mesures taken in the context of a privatisation plan - Private investor in a market economy test - Decision declaring the aid unlawful and incompatible with the internal market - Social policy of the Member States - Re-opening of the formal investigation procedure - Obligation to state reasons - Equal treatment - Article 41 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights))
(2017/C 277/46)
Language of the case: French
Parties
Applicant: Société nationale maritime Corse Méditerranée (SNCM) (Marseille, France) (represented by: F.-C. Laprévote, C. Froitzheim and A. Dupuis, lawyers)
Defendant: European Commission (represented by: V. Di Bucci and B. Stromsky, acting as Agents)
Intervener in support of the applicant: Comité d’entreprise de la Société nationale maritime Corse Méditerranée (SNCM) (Marseille) (represented by: C. Bonnefoi, lawyer)
Intervener in support of the defendant: Corsica Ferries France (Bastia, France) (represented by: N. Flandin and S. Rodrigues, lawyers)
Re:
Application under Article 263 TFEU for annulment of Commission Decision C(2013) 7066 final of 20 November 2013, concerning State aid SA.16237 (C 58/2002) (ex N 118/2002) implemented by France in favour of SNCM.
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
1.
Dismisses the action;
2.
Orders Société nationale maritime Corse Méditerranée (SNCM) to bear its own costs and pay those incurred by the European Commission and Corsica Ferries France;
3.
Orders the comité d’entreprise de la Société nationale maritime Corse Méditerranée (SNCM) to bear its own costs.
(1) OJ C 56, 16.2.2015.
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