26.2.2018
EN
Official Journal of the European Union
C 72/7
Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 20 December 2017 — Kingdom of Spain v European Commission
(Case C-81/16 P) (1)
((Appeal - State aid - Digital television - Aid for the deployment of digital terrestrial television in remote and less urbanised areas - Subsidies granted to operators of digital terrestrial television platforms - Decision declaring the aid incompatible in part with the internal market - Concept of ‘State aid’ - Advantage - Service of general economic interest - Definition - Discretion of the Member States))
(2018/C 072/08)
Language of the case: Spanish
Parties
Appellant: Kingdom of Spain (represented by: M.A. Sampol Pucurull, M.J. García-Valdecasas Dorrego and A. Rubio González, acting as Agents)
Other party to the proceedings: European Commission (represented by: P. Němečková, É. Gippini Fournier and B. Stromsky, acting as Agents)
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
1.
Dismisses the appeal;
2.
Orders the Kingdom of Spain to pay the costs.
(1) OJ C 118, 4.4.2016.