Judgment of the General Court of 14 July 2016 — Germany v Commission

(Case T-143/12) (1)

((State aid - Postal sector - Financing of the additional labour and social costs relating to some of the staff of Deutsche Post by means of subsidies and revenue generated by the remuneration for price-regulated services - Decision declaring the aid incompatible with the internal market - Concept of advantage - ‘Combus’ judgment - Demonstration of the existence of an economic and selective advantage - No such advantage))

(2016/C 314/24)

Language of the case: German

Parties

Applicant: Federal Republic of Germany (represented by: initially T. Henze and K. Petersen, and subsequently T. Henze and K. Stranz, acting as Agents, and U. Soltész, lawyer)

Defendant: European Commission (represented by: D. Grespan, T. Maxian Rusche and R. Sauer, acting as Agents)

Re:

Application based on Article 263 TFEU seeking the annulment of Articles 1 and 4 to 6 of Commission Decision 2012/636/EU of 25 January 2012 on Measure C 36/07 (ex NN 25/07) implemented by Germany for Deutsche Post AG (OJ 2012 L 289, p. 1).

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

(1)  OJ C 165, 9.6.2012.