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Document 62006TA0231
Joined Cases T-231/06 and T-237/06: Judgment of the General Court of 16 December 2010 — Netherlands v Commission (State aid — Public service broadcasting — Measures taken by the Netherlands authorities — Decision declaring State aid compatible in part and incompatible in part with the common market — New aid or existing aid — Concept of State aid — Concept of undertaking — Overcompensation for the costs of the public service mission — Proportionality — Duty to give reasons — Rights of the defence)
Joined Cases T-231/06 and T-237/06: Judgment of the General Court of 16 December 2010 — Netherlands v Commission (State aid — Public service broadcasting — Measures taken by the Netherlands authorities — Decision declaring State aid compatible in part and incompatible in part with the common market — New aid or existing aid — Concept of State aid — Concept of undertaking — Overcompensation for the costs of the public service mission — Proportionality — Duty to give reasons — Rights of the defence)
Joined Cases T-231/06 and T-237/06: Judgment of the General Court of 16 December 2010 — Netherlands v Commission (State aid — Public service broadcasting — Measures taken by the Netherlands authorities — Decision declaring State aid compatible in part and incompatible in part with the common market — New aid or existing aid — Concept of State aid — Concept of undertaking — Overcompensation for the costs of the public service mission — Proportionality — Duty to give reasons — Rights of the defence)
IO C 38, 5.2.2011, p. 9–9
(BG, ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, IT, LV, LT, HU, MT, NL, PL, PT, RO, SK, SL, FI, SV)
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5.2.2011 |
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Official Journal of the European Union |
C 38/9 |
Judgment of the General Court of 16 December 2010 — Netherlands v Commission
(Joined Cases T-231/06 and T-237/06) (1)
(State aid - Public service broadcasting - Measures taken by the Netherlands authorities - Decision declaring State aid compatible in part and incompatible in part with the common market - New aid or existing aid - Concept of State aid - Concept of undertaking - Overcompensation for the costs of the public service mission - Proportionality - Duty to give reasons - Rights of the defence)
2011/C 38/11
Language of the case: Dutch
Parties
Applicants: Kingdom of the Netherlands (represented by: H. Sevenster and M. de Grave, Agents) (Case T-231/06); and Nederlandse Omroep Stichting (NOS) (Hilversum, Netherlands) (represented by: J. Feenstra and H. Speyart van Woerden, lawyers)
Defendant: European Commission (represented by: N. Khan and H. van Vliet, Agents)
Re:
Applications for the annulment of Commission Decision 2008/136/EC of 22 June 2006 on the ad hoc financing of Dutch public service broadcasters C 2/2004 (ex NN 170/2003) (OJ 2008 L 49, p. 1)
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
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dismisses the actions; |
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orders the Kingdom of the Netherlands to pay the costs in Case T-231/06; |
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orders Nederlandse Omroep Stichting (NOS) to pay the costs in Case T-237/06. |