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Appeal – State aid – Action for annulment – Commission Decisions on State aid schemes implemented by Spain for firms in the provinces of Vizcaya, Álava and Guipúzcoa – Tax credit amounting to 45% of investments – Legitimate expectations – Principle of proportionality – Principles of legal certainty and good administration – Action within a reasonable time – Failure to notify
6. State aid – Recovery of unlawful aid – Restoration of the previous situation – No breach of principle of proportionality (Arts 87 EC and 88 EC) (see paras 100, 104)
Appeals brought against the judgment of the Court of First Instance (Fifth Chamber, Extended Composition) of 9 September 2009 in Joined Cases T‑227/01 to T‑229/01, T‑265/01, T‑266/01 and T‑270/01 Diputación Foral de Álava and Gobierno Vasco and Others v Commission, whereby that court dismissed, in Cases T‑227/01 and T‑265/01, an application for annulment of Commission Decision 2002/820/EC of 11 July 2001 on State aid schemes implemented by Spain for firms in the province of Álava in the form of a tax credit amounting to 45% of investments (OJ 2002 L 296, p. 1), in Cases T‑228/01 and T‑266/01, an application for annulment of Commission Decision 2003/27/EC of 11 July 2001 on State aid schemes implemented by Spain for firms in the province of Vizcaya in the form of a tax credit amounting to 45% of investments (OJ 2003 L 17, p. 1) and, in Cases T‑229/01 and T‑270/01, an application for annulment of Commission Decision 2002/894/EC of 11 July 2001 on State aid schemes implemented by Spain for firms in the province of Guipúzcoa in the form of a tax credit amounting to 45% of investments (OJ 2002 L 314, p. 26).
The Court:
1.Dismisses the main appeals and the cross-appeals;
2.Orders the Territorio Histórico de Vizcaya – Diputación Foral de Vizcaya, the Territorio Histórico de Álava – Diputación Foral de Álava, the Territorio Histórico de Guipúzcoa – Diputación Foral de Guipúzcoa, the Cámara Oficial de Comercio, Industria y Navegación de Vizcaya, the Cámara Oficial de Comercio e Industria de Álava and the Cámara Oficial de Comercio, Industria y Navegación de Guipúzcoa to pay in equal shares the costs relating to the appeals;
3.Orders the Kingdom of Spain to pay its own costs.