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Series C
6.11.2023
(Case T-525/20) (*)
(State aid - Postal and road haulage sector - Complaint from a competitor - Capital contribution granted by a public undertaking to its subsidiary - Decision finding no State aid after the preliminary examination stage - Parent company of the group jointly controlled by two Member States - Approval of the capital contribution by the parent company of the group - Whether imputable to the State)
(C/2023/513)
Language of the case: English
Applicants: ITD, Brancheorganisation for den danske vejgodstransport (Padborg, Denmark), Danske Fragtmænd A/S (Åbyhøj, Denmark) (represented by: L. Sandberg-Mørch, lawyer)
Defendant: European Commission (represented by: L. Flynn, acting as Agent)
Intervener in support of the applicants: Jørgen Jensen Distribution A/S (Ikast, Denmark) (represented by L. Sandberg-Mørch, lawyer), Specialforeningen for Logistik og Distribution (SLD) (Copenhagen, Denmark) (represented by L. Sandberg-Mørch, lawyer)
Interveners in support of the defendant: Kingdom of Denmark (represented by M. Søndahl Wolff, acting as Agent, and by R. Holdgaard, lawyer), Kingdom of Sweden (represented by C. Meyer-Seitz, H. Eklinder, A. Runeskjöld, M. Salborn Hodgson, H. Shev, R. Shahsavan Eriksson and O. Simonsson, acting as Agents), PostNord Logistics A/S (Køge, Denmark), PostNord Group AB (Solna, Sweden) (represented by O. Koktvedgaard, lawyer)
By their action under Article 263 TFEU, the applicants seek the annulment of Decision C(2020) 3006 final of the Commission of 12 May 2020 concerning State aid SA.52489 (2018/FC) — Denmark and SA.52658 (2018/FC) — Sweden — Alleged State aid to PostNord Logistics.
The Court:
1.Annuls Decision C(2020) 3006 final of the Commission of 12 May 2020 concerning State aid SA.52489 (2018/FC) — Denmark and SA.52658 (2018/FC) — Sweden — Alleged State aid to PostNord Logistics to the extent that it was found, after the preliminary examination stage, that the capital injection in favour of PostNord Logistics A/S, approved by PostNord AB on 11 December 2018, did not constitute State aid;
2.Dismisses the action as to the remainder;
3.Orders ITD, Brancheorganisation for den danske vejgodstransport and Danske Fragtmænd A/S to bear half of their own costs, with the rest of their costs being borne by the European Commission;
4.Orders the Commission, the Kingdom of Denmark, the Kingdom of Sweden, Jørgen Jensen Distribution A/S, Specialforeningen for Logistik og Distribution (SLD), PostNord Group AB and PostNord Logistics to bear their own costs.
(*) Language of the case: English.
ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2023/513/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
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OJ C 390, 16.11.2020