CELEX: 62005CJ0049
Appeal
State aid
Formal examination procedure
Community framework for State aid for environmental protection
Rights of the parties
Invitation to submit observations
Article 88(2) EC
Regulation (EC) No 659/1999
Legitimate expectations
Legal certainty
Environmental purpose of the investment

Appeal against the judgment of the Court of First Instance (Fourth Chamber, Extended Composition) of 18 November 2004 in Case
T‑176/01
Ferriere Nord
v
Commission
, dismissing an action for, first, the annulment of Commission Decision 2001/829/EC, ECSC of 28 March 2001 on the State aid
which Italy is planning to grant to Ferriere Nord SpA (OJ 2001 L 310, p. 22), declaring incompatible with the common market
aid notified as environmental aid which the autonomous Region of Friuli-Venezia Giulia (Italy) is planning to grant to the
applicant in the form of a financial contribution to investments in new plant for the production of electrowelded wire mesh
to reduce noise and eliminate waste in the form of iron oxide, and, secondly, compensation for the harm allegedly suffered
by the applicant following adoption of that decision.
Operative part:
The Court
1.
Dismisses the appeal;
2.
Orders Ferriere Nord SpA to pay the costs;
3.
Orders the Italian Republic to bear its own costs.