Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 14 February 2008.#Commission of the European Communities v Hellenic Republic.#Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations - State aid - Obligation to recover.#Case C-419/06.

Subject of the case

Re:

Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations – Failure to take measures to comply with Commission Decision C(2005) 2706 of 14 September 2005 on the recovery of aid granted to Olympic Airlines.

Operative part

Operative part

The Court:

1. Declares that, by not taking, within the prescribed period, all measures necessary to put an end to aid declared unlawful and incompatible with the common market by the Commission Decision of 14 September 2005 concerning State aid granted by Greece to Olympic Airways and Olympic Airlines, and to recover that aid from the recipients, the Hellenic Republic has failed to fulfil its obligations under Articles 2 to 4 of that decision;

2. Orders the Hellenic Republic to pay the costs.