14.2.2022 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | C 73/38 |
Judgment of the General Court of 8 December 2021 — Sun West and Others v Commission
(Case T-623/20) (1)
(State aid - Production of electricity by photovoltaic installations - Obligation to purchase the electricity at a higher price than the market price - Rejection of a complaint - Second subparagraph of Article 12(1) and Article 24(2) of Regulation (EU) 2015/1589)
(2022/C 73/45)
Language of the case: French
Parties
Applicants: Sun West (Saint-Allouestre, France), JB Solar (Saint-Allouestre), Azimut56 (Saint-Allouestre) (represented by: S. Manna, lawyer)
Defendant: European Commission (represented by: A. Bouchagiar and B. Stromsky, Acting as agents)
Re:
Application under Article 263 TFEU for annulment of the Commission’s decision of 28 July 2020 rejecting the applicants’ complaint concerning State aid granted unlawfully by the French Republic to photovoltaic energy producers under pricing decrees of 10 July 2006, and 12 January and 31 August 2010, in order to have the aid declared incompatible with the internal market.
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
1. | Dismisses the action; |
2. | Orders Sun West, JB Solar and Azimut56 to bear their own costs and to pay those incurred by the European Commission. |
(1) OJ C 414, 30.11.2020.