Judgment of the General Court (Eighth Chamber) of 8 July 2010.#Freistaat Sachsen and Land Sachsen-Anhalt v European Commission.#State aid - Training aid - Decision declaring the aid to be in part compatible and in part incompatible with the common market - Need for the aid - Positive external effects - Obligation to give reasons.#Case T-396/08.

Subject of the case

Re:

APPLICATION for the partial annulment of Commission Decision 2008/878/EC of 2 July 2008 on State aid which Germany is planning to implement for DHL (OJ 2008 L 312, p. 31).

Operative part

Operative part

The Court:

1. Dismisses the action;

2. Orders Freistaat Sachsen and Land Sachsen-Anhalt to bear their own costs and to pay the costs incurred by the European Commission.