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Document 62015TB0438
Case T-438/15: Order of the General Court of 9 March 2016 — Port autonome du Centre et de l’Ouest and Others v Commission (State aid — Corporation tax — Aid in favour of Belgian ports granted by Belgium — Commission letter informing the Member State of its preliminary assessment of that aid as being incompatible with the internal market and of the likely adoption of appropriate measures — Measure not open to challenge — Inadmissibility)
Case T-438/15: Order of the General Court of 9 March 2016 — Port autonome du Centre et de l’Ouest and Others v Commission (State aid — Corporation tax — Aid in favour of Belgian ports granted by Belgium — Commission letter informing the Member State of its preliminary assessment of that aid as being incompatible with the internal market and of the likely adoption of appropriate measures — Measure not open to challenge — Inadmissibility)
Case T-438/15: Order of the General Court of 9 March 2016 — Port autonome du Centre et de l’Ouest and Others v Commission (State aid — Corporation tax — Aid in favour of Belgian ports granted by Belgium — Commission letter informing the Member State of its preliminary assessment of that aid as being incompatible with the internal market and of the likely adoption of appropriate measures — Measure not open to challenge — Inadmissibility)
OJ C 156, 2.5.2016, p. 46–47
(BG, ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, HR, IT, LV, LT, HU, MT, NL, PL, PT, RO, SK, SL, FI, SV)
2.5.2016 |
EN |
Official Journal of the European Union |
C 156/46 |
Order of the General Court of 9 March 2016 — Port autonome du Centre et de l’Ouest and Others v Commission
(Case T-438/15) (1)
((State aid - Corporation tax - Aid in favour of Belgian ports granted by Belgium - Commission letter informing the Member State of its preliminary assessment of that aid as being incompatible with the internal market and of the likely adoption of appropriate measures - Measure not open to challenge - Inadmissibility))
(2016/C 156/62)
Language of the case: French
Parties
Applicants: Port autonome du Centre et de l’Ouest SCRL (La Louvière, Belgium), Port autonome de Namur (Namur, Belgium), Port autonome de Charleroi (Charleroi, Belgium), and Région wallonne (Belgium) (represented by: J. Vanden Eynde, lawyer)
Defendant: European Commission (represented by: S. Noë and B. Stromsky, acting as Agents)
Re:
Application for annulment of the decision, ostensibly contained in the Commission’s letter of 1 June 2015, finding that the corporation tax exemption for Belgian ports constitutes existing State aid that is incompatible with the internal market (State aid SA.38393 (2014/CP)).
Operative part of the order
1. |
The action is dismissed as inadmissible. |
2. |
The Port autonome du Centre et de l’Ouest SCRL, the Port autonome de Namur, the Port autonome de Charleroi and the Région wallonne shall bear their own respective costs and pay those incurred by the European Commission. |
3. |
The Port autonome de Liège and the Société régionale du port de Bruxelles shall bear their own costs. |
(1) OJ 2015 C 337, 12.10.2015.