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(Case C-399/08 P) (<span class="oj-super oj-note-tag">1</span>)
(Appeal - Article 87 EC - Aid granted by the Member States - Measures implemented by the Federal Republic of Germany for Deutsche Post AG - Article 86 EC - Services of general economic interest - Compensation for additional costs generated by a policy of selling below cost in the door-to-door parcel delivery sector - Existence of an economic advantage - Method used by the Commission to check - Burden of proof - Article 230 EC - Scope of the General Court’s powers of judicial review)
(2010/C 288/15)
Language of the case: German
Appellant: European Commission (represented by: V. Kreuschitz, J. Flett and B. Martenczuk, acting as Agents)
Other parties to the proceedings: Deutsche Post AG (represented by: J. Sedemund, Rechtsanwalt), Bundesverband Internationaler Express- und Kurierdienste eV (represented by: R. Wojtek, Rechtsanwalt), UPS Europe SA (represented by: E. Henny, advocaat), Federal Republic of Germany (represented by: M. Lumma and B. Klein, acting as Agents)
Appeal against the judgment of the Court of First Instance (Third Chamber, Extended Composition) of 1 July 2008 in Case T-266/02 Deutsche Post v Commission annulling Commission Decision 2002/753/EC of 19 June 2002 on measures implemented by the Federal Republic of Germany for Deutsche Post AG (OJ 2002 L 247, p. 27) declaring the aid incompatible with the common market and ordering its recovery — Compensation of additional costs generated by a below-cost selling policy in the door-to-door parcel delivery sector — Infringement of Articles 86(2) EC and 87(1) EC, Article 230 EC and Article 36 of the Statute of the Court of Justice — Annulment without finding any specific error in the Commission’s reasoning supporting the contested decision — Failure to state reasons as regards the alleged unlawfulness of the method used by the Commission to ascertain the existence of unlawful aid
The Court:
1.Dismisses the main appeal and the cross-appeals;
2.Orders the European Commission to bear its own costs and to pay those incurred by Deutsche Post AG in connection with the main appeal;
3.Orders Bundesverband Internationaler Express- und Kurierdienste eV and UPS Europe SA to bear their own costs relating to the main appeal;
4.Orders Deutsche Post AG, Bundesverband Internationaler Express- und Kurierdienste eV and UPS Europe SA to bear their own costs relating to the cross-appeals;
5.Orders the Federal Republic of Germany to bear its own costs.
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(<span class="oj-super">1</span>) OJ C 301, 22.11.2008.