Verband Deutscher Alten und Behindertenhilfe and CarePool Hannover v Commission (Judgment) French Text [2021] EUECJ T-69/18 (14 April 2021)

Verband Deutscher Alten und Behindertenhilfe and CarePool Hannover v Commission (Judgment) French Text [2021] EUECJ T-69/18 (14 April 2021)

The Tribunal found that the applicants failed to demonstrate the existence of serious difficulties in the Commission's preliminary examination that would have required opening a formal investigation. The financial support in question was not substantially modified and remained existing aid. The Commission did not...

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Citation
[2021] EUECJ T-69/18
Parties
Applicant: Verband Deutscher Alten- und Behindertenhilfe, Landesverband Niedersachsen/Bremen und Hamburg/Schleswig-Holstein eV; Applicant: CarePool Hannover GmbH; Respondent: Commission européenne; Intervener: Diakonisches Werk evangelischer Kirchen in Niedersachsen eV; Intervener: Arbeiterwohlfahrt Bezirksverband Hannover eV; Intervener: Arbeiterwohlfahrt Bezirksverband Braunschweig eV et autres parties intervenantes
Jurisdiction
European Union
Procedural Posture
Action for Annulment / Final Judgment
Outcome
action dismissed
Legal Topics
State Aid, Procedural Rights, Annulment Proceedings, Competition, Social Welfare Funding
EU Law State Aid Law Administrative Law State Aid Procedural Rights Annulment Proceedings Competition Social Welfare Funding

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Parties

Verband Deutscher Alten- und Behindertenhilfe, Landesverband Niedersachsen/Bremen und Hamburg/Schleswig-Holstein eV

Applicant

CarePool Hannover GmbH

Applicant

Commission européenne

Respondent

Diakonisches Werk evangelischer Kirchen in Niedersachsen eV

Intervener

Arbeiterwohlfahrt Bezirksverband Hannover eV

Intervener

Arbeiterwohlfahrt Bezirksverband Braunschweig eV et autres parties intervenantes

Intervener

Procedural Posture

Action for Annulment / Final Judgment

  1. 1 Whether the Commission violated procedural rights by not opening a formal investigation under Article 108(2) TFEU
  2. 2 Whether the contested financial support constituted new or existing State aid
  3. 3 Whether the Commission's decision was sufficiently reasoned

Ratio Decidendi

The Tribunal found that the applicants failed to demonstrate the existence of serious difficulties in the Commission's preliminary examination that would have required opening a formal investigation. The financial support in question was not substantially modified and remained existing aid. The Commission did not violate the applicants' procedural rights under Article 108(2) TFEU, and the decision was sufficiently reasoned.

Court Disposition

action dismissed

Orders

  • The action is dismissed.
  • Applicants are ordered to pay the costs.