Orders (Information) nº T-732/16 of Tribunal General de la Unión Europea, March 22, 2018

• Resolution Date: March 22, 2018
• Issuing Organization: Tribunal General de la Unión Europea
• Decision Number: T-732/16

Order of the President of the of the General Court of 22 March 2018 - Valencia Club de Fútbol v Commission

(Case T-732/16 R)

(Interim proceedings - State aid - Aid granted by Spain in favour of certain professional football clubs - Public guarantee granted by a public body - Decision declaring the aid incompatible with the internal market - Application for a stay of proceedings - Lack of urgency)

1. Application for interim measures - Suspension of operation of a measure - Interim measures - Conditions for granting - Prima facie case - Urgency - Serious and irreparable damage - Cumulative nature - Balancing of all the interests involved - Order of examination and method of verification - Discretion of the court hearing the application for interim relief

   (Arts 256(1) TFEU, 278 TFEU and 279 TFEU; Rules of Procedure of the General Court, Art. 156(4))

   (see paras 32-35)

2. Application for interim measures - Suspension of operation of a measure - Interim measures - Conditions for granting - Urgency - Serious and irreparable damage - Burden of proof - Financial loss - Obligation to provide concrete and precise indications, supported by detailed documentary evidence - Situation liable to endanger the existence of the applicant company - Assessment having regard to the situation of the group to which the applicant company belongs - Lack of any urgency

   (Arts 278 TFEU and 279 TFEU; Rules of Procedure of the General Court, Art. 156(4))

   (see paras 38-45, 51, 56)

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