Judgment of the Court (Sixth Chamber) of 21 July 2011.#Freistaat Sachsen and Land Sachsen-Anhalt v European Commission.#Appeal - State aid - Aid for a training project concerning certain jobs in the new DHL centre at Leipzig-Halle airport - Action for annulment against the decision declaring part of the aid incompatible with the common market - Examination of the need for the aid - Failure to take into account the incentive effects of the aid and its positive external effects on the choice of the site.#Case C-459/10 P.

Subject of the case

Re:

Appeal brought against the judgment of the General Court (Eighth Chamber) of 8 July 2010 in Case T‑396/08 Freistaat Sachsen and Land Sachsen-Anhalt v Commission , by which that court dismissed the action seeking partial annulment of Decision 2008/878/EC of 2 July 2008 regarding the State aid which Germany intends to grant to DHL (OJ 2008 L 312, p. 31) – Aid for training – Decision declaring part of the aid incompatible with the common market – Incorrect examination of the necessity of the aid – Disregard of the positive external effects of the aid and of its incentive effects on the choice of the site.

Operative part

Operative part

The Court:

1. Dismisses the appeal;

2. Orders Freistaat Sachsen and Land Sachsen-Anhalt to pay the costs.