Judgment_paragraph 121 · Verband Deutscher Alten- und Behindertenhilfe, Landesverband Niedersachsen/Bremen und Hamburg/Schleswig-Holstein eV and CarePool Hannover GmbH v European Commission (T-69/18)

121In accordance with the objective of Article 108(3) TFEU and its duty of sound administration, the Commission may, amongst other things, engage in dialogue with the State concerned or with third parties in an endeavour to overcome, during the preliminary examination, any difficulties encountered. However, that power presupposes that the Commission may adjust its position according to the results of the dialogue engaged in, without that adjustment having to be interpreted, a priori, as establishing the existence of serious difficulties (judgments of 13 June 2013, Ryanair v Commission, C‑287/12 P, not published, EU:C:2013:395, paragraph 71, and of 21 December 2016, Club Hotel Loutraki and Others v Commission, C‑131/15 P, EU:C:2016:989, paragraph 35). Accordingly, the Commission may lawfully adopt, on the basis of Article 4(2) of Regulation 2015/1589, a decision whereby, while finding that there is no State aid, it takes note of commitments entered into by the Member State (judgment of 21 December 2016, Club Hotel Loutraki and Others v Commission, C‑131/15 P, EU:C:2016:989, paragraph 36, see also, to that effect, judgment of 13 June 2013, Ryanair v Commission, C‑287/12 P, not published, EU:C:2013:395, paragraph 72).

Verband Deutscher Alten- und Behindertenhilfe, Landesverband Niedersachsen/Bremen und Hamburg/Schleswig-Holstein eV and CarePool Hannover GmbH v European Commission (T-69/18)

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