Written question – Closure of State aid proceedings relating to Hamburger Hafen und Logistik AG (HHLA) and the Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) in light of the judgment in Case C-40/23 P – E-002993/2025

Question for written answer  E-002993/2025
to the Commission
Rule 144
Fabio De Masi (NI)

In light of the Court of Justice’s judgment in Case C-40/23 P[1], according to which the Commission is required to definitively determine the existence of aid as part of its decisional practice, how does the Commission justify the non-conclusion and closure of the State aid proceedings relating to the HHLA-MSC case (see written request to the Commission under reference EASE 2025/2487)?

Submitted: 17.7.2025

• [1] https://curia.europa.eu/juris/document/document.jsf;jsessionid=5658369B2D133B24CE434EA79641CF71?text=&docid=287069&pageIndex=0&doclang=EN&mode=req&dir=&occ=first&part=1&cid=4147156