14.8.2010   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 221/36


Judgment of the General Court of 1 July 2010 — Italian Republic v Commission

(Case T-53/08) (1)

(State aid - Compensation for expropriation on grounds of public interest - Temporal extension of a preferential tariff for the supply of electricity - Decision declaring the aid incompatible with the common market - Concept of advantage - Principle of audi alteram partem)

2010/C 221/57

Language of the case: Italian

Parties

Applicant: Italian Republic (represented by: S. Fiorentino, lawyer)

Defendant: European Commission (represented by: C. Giolito and G. Conte, Agents)

Re:

Application for annulment of Commission Decision 2008/408/EC of 20 November 2007 on the State aid C 36/A/06 (ex NN 38/06) implemented by Italy in favour of ThyssenKrupp, Cementir and Nuova Terni Industrie Chimiche (OJ 2008 L 144, p. 37)

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

1.

Dismisses the action.

2.

Order the Italian Republic to pay the costs.


(1)  OJ C 79, 29.3.2008.