CELEX: 62006TJ0050
State aid
Directive 92/81/EEC
Excise duty on mineral oils
Mineral oils used as fuel for the production of alumina
Exemption granted by the French, Irish and Italian authorities
New aid
Existing aid
Obligation to state reasons
Finding of the Court of its own motion

ACTIONS for annulment of Commission Decision 2006/323/EC of 7 December 2005 on the exemption from excise duty on mineral oils
used as fuel for alumina production in the Gardanne region, the Shannon region and Sardinia, implemented by France, Ireland
and Italy respectively (OJ 2006 L 119, p. 12).
Operative part
The Court:
1.
Joins Cases T‑50/06, T‑56/06, T‑60/06, T‑62/06 and T-69/06 for the purposes of the judgment;
2.
Annuls Commission Decision 2006/323/EC of 7 December 2005 concerning the exemption from excise duty on mineral oils used as
fuel for alumina production in Gardanne, in the Shannon region and in Sardinia respectively implemented by France, Ireland
and Italy;
3.
Dismisses the remainder of the action in Case T‑62/06;
4.
Orders the Commission to bear its own costs and to pay those of the applicants, including the costs of the interim proceedings
in Case T‑69/06 R.