State aid Shipbuilding Operating aid linked to contracts for ships Application for extension of ship delivery limit under Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 1540/98 Causal link between the exceptional event and the delay
Sumário
Judgment of the Court of First Instance (Eighth Chamber) of 12 November 2008.
Cantieri Navali Termoli SpA v Commission of the European Communities.
State aid - Shipbuilding - Operating aid linked to contracts for ships - Application for extension of ship delivery limit under Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 1540/98 - Causal link between the exceptional event and the delay.
Case T-70/07.
Texto da decisão
Judgment of the Court of First Instance (Eighth Chamber) of 12 November 2008 – Cantieri Navali Termoli v Commission
(Case T-70/07)
State aid – Shipbuilding – Operating aid linked to contracts for ships – Application for extension of ship delivery limit under Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 1540/98 – Causal link between the exceptional event and the delay
1. Actions for annulment – Grounds – Lack of or inadequate statement of reasons – Distinguished from manifest error of assessment (Art. 253 EC) (see para. 37)
2. State aid – Not allowed – Exceptions – Shipbuilding aid (Council Regulation No 1540/98, Art. 3(2)) (see paras 53-58)
Re:
| ACTION for annulment of Commission Decision 2006/948/EC of 4 July 2006 on State aid which Italy plans to implement for Cantieri Navali Termoli SpA (OJ 2006 L 383, p. 53). |
Operative part:
The Court:
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1. |
Dismisses the action; |
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2. |
Orders Cantieri Navali Termoli SpA to pay the costs. |