CELEX: 62003TJ0146
State aid
Spanish law providing for measures in favour of the agricultural sector following an increase in fuel prices
Formal examination procedure under Article 88(2) EC
Decision finding that certain measures did not constitute aid
Action for annulment
Admissibility
Standing to bring proceedings
Duty to state reasons

APPLICATION for partial annulment of Commission Decision 2003/293/EC of 11 December 2002 on the measures implemented by Spain
in the agricultural sector following the increase in fuel prices (OJ 2003 L 111, p. 24)
Operative part
The Court:

Declares that Article 1 of Commission Decision 2003/293/EC of 11 December 2002 on the measures implemented by Spain in the
agricultural sector following the increase in fuel prices is annulled in so far that it finds that the measures to support
agricultural cooperatives provided for by Royal Decree Law 10/2000 de medidas urgentes de apoyo a los sectores agrario, pesquero
y del transporte (Decree Law on emergency support for agriculture, fisheries and transport) do not constitute aid within the
meaning of Article 87(1) EC;

Orders the Commission to bear its own costs and to pay those incurred by the applicants;

Orders the Kingdom of Spain to bear its own costs.