Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 7 November 2018 — BPC Lux 2 Sàrl v European Commission, Portuguese Republic

(Case C-544/17 P) (1)

((Appeal - State aid - Action for annulment - Admissibility - Aid granted by the Portuguese authorities for the resolution of the financial institution Banco Espírito Santo SA - Creation and capitalisation of a Bridge Bank - Decision of the European Commission declaring the aid compatible with the internal market - Interest in bringing proceedings - Action before the national courts seeking annulment of the decision to put Banco Espírito Santo into resolution))

(2019/C 16/29)

Language of the case: English

Parties

Appellant: BPC Lux 2 Sàrl (represented by: J. Webber and M. Steenson, Solicitors, B. Woolgar, Barrister, and K. Bacon QC)

Other parties to the proceedings: European Commission (represented by: L. Flynn and P.-J. Loewenthal, acting as Agents), Portuguese Republic

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

1.	Sets aside the order of the General Court of the European Union of 19 July 2017, BPC Lux 2 and Others v Commission (T-812/14, not published, EU:T:2017:560);

2.	Refers the case back to the General Court of the European Union;

3.	Reserves the costs.

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(1)  OJ C 402, 27.11.2017.