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Case T-258/10: Judgment of the General Court of 16 September 2013 — Orange v Commission (State Aid — Compensation for public service costs in connection with a very high-speed broadband electronic communications network in the Hauts-de-Seine department — Decision finding no State aid — Failure to initiate the formal investigation procedure — Serious difficulties — Altmark judgment — Service of general economic interest — Market failure — Overcompensation)
Case T-258/10: Judgment of the General Court of 16 September 2013 — Orange v Commission (State Aid — Compensation for public service costs in connection with a very high-speed broadband electronic communications network in the Hauts-de-Seine department — Decision finding no State aid — Failure to initiate the formal investigation procedure — Serious difficulties — Altmark judgment — Service of general economic interest — Market failure — Overcompensation)
Case T-258/10: Judgment of the General Court of 16 September 2013 — Orange v Commission (State Aid — Compensation for public service costs in connection with a very high-speed broadband electronic communications network in the Hauts-de-Seine department — Decision finding no State aid — Failure to initiate the formal investigation procedure — Serious difficulties — Altmark judgment — Service of general economic interest — Market failure — Overcompensation)
IO C 336, 16.11.2013, p. 18–18
(BG, ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, IT, LV, LT, HU, MT, NL, PL, PT, RO, SK, SL, FI, SV)
IO C 336, 16.11.2013, p. 17–17
(HR)
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16.11.2013 |
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Official Journal of the European Union |
C 336/18 |
Judgment of the General Court of 16 September 2013 — Orange v Commission
(Case T-258/10) (1)
(State Aid - Compensation for public service costs in connection with a very high-speed broadband electronic communications network in the Hauts-de-Seine department - Decision finding no State aid - Failure to initiate the formal investigation procedure - Serious difficulties - Altmark judgment - Service of general economic interest - Market failure - Overcompensation)
2013/C 336/35
Language of the case: French
Parties
Applicant: Orange, formerly France Télécom (Paris, France) (represented: initially by M van der Woude and D. Gillet, and subsequently by D. Gillet and H. Viaene, lawyers)
Defendant: European Commission (represented by: B. Stromsky and C. Urraca Caviedes, acting as Agents)
Interveners in support of the defendant: The French Republic (represented: initially by G. de Bergues and J. Gstalter, and subsequently by D. Colas and J. Bousin, acting as Agents); the Hauts-de-Seine department (France) (represented by: J.-D. Bloch and G. O’Mahony, lawyers); and Sequalum SAS (Puteaux, France) (represented by: L. Feldman, lawyer)
Re:
Application for annulment of Commission Decision C(2009) 7426 final of 30 September 2009 concerning the compensation for public service costs for the establishment and operation of a very high-speed broadband electronic communications network in the Hauts-de-Seine department (State Aid N 331/2008 — France).
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
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Dismisses the action; |
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Orders Orange to bear its own costs and to pay those incurred by the European Commission; |
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Orders the Hauts-de-Seine department, Sequalum SAS and the French Republic to pay their own costs. |