10.8.2015   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 262/19


Judgment of the General Court of 24 June 2015 — Italy v Commission

(Case T-527/13) (1)

((State aid - Milk levy - Aid granted by Italy to milk producers - Aid scheme linked to the reimbursement of the milk levy - Conditional decision - Failure to comply with a condition which allowed the aid to be considered compatible with the internal market - De minimis aid - Existing aid - New aid - Alteration to existing aid - Procedure for reviewing State aid - Obligation to state reasons - Burden of proof))

(2015/C 262/25)

Language of the case: Italian

Parties

Applicant: Italian Republic (represented by: G. Palmieri, acting as Agent, assisted by S. Fiorentino and P. Grasso, lawyers)

Defendant: European Commission (represented by: D. Grespan, D. Nardi and P. Němečková, acting as Agents)

Re:

Application for annulment of Commission Decision 2013/665/EU of 17 July 2013 on the aid scheme SA.33726 (11/C) (ex SA.33726 (11/NN)) granted by Italy (deferral of payment of the milk levy) (OJ 2013 L 309, p. 40).

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

1.

Annuls Article 1(2) of Commission Decision 2013/665/EU of 17 July 2013 on the aid scheme SA.33726 (11/C) (ex SA.33726 (11/NN)) granted by Italy (deferral of payment of the milk levy);

2.

Annuls Articles 2 and 4 of that decision in so far as they concern, first, the aid scheme covered by Article 1(2) and, secondly, the individual aid granted pursuant to that aid scheme;

3.

Dismisses the action as to the remainder;

4.

Orders the Italian Republic and the Commission to bear their own costs.


(1)  OJ C 344, 23.11.2013.