# C_2011173EN.01000703.xml

| 11.6.2011 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | C 173/7 |
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Appeal brought on 5 April 2011 by Cantiere Navale De Poli SpA against the judgment of the General Court (Eighth Chamber) delivered on 3 February 2011 in Case T-584/08 Cantiere Navale De Poli v Commission

(Case C-167/11 P)

2011/C 173/15

Language of the case: Italian

Parties

Appellant: Cantiere Navale De Poli SpA in liquidation and arrangement with creditors (represented by: A. Abate and A. Franchi, avvocati)

Other party to the proceedings: European Commission

Form of order sought

| — | uphold the appeal seeking the setting aside of the judgment of the General Court of 3 February 2011 and the related decision of the European Commission of 21 October 2008 and, in so far as is necessary and possible, a direct decision on the substance of the main action; |
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| — | in the alternative, set aside that judgment and refer the case back to the General Court; |
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| — | order the Commission to pay all costs and expenses relating to the proceedings. |
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Pleas in law and main arguments

By its appeal, the appellant challenges the judgment of the General Court of 3 February 2011 in Case T-584/08 Cantiere Navale De Poli v Commission, particularly in the following respects:

| a) | Procedural defects on grounds of failure to state adequate reasons in relation to:
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the teleological interpretation of Council Regulation (EC) No 1177/2002 of 27 June 2002 concerning a temporary defensive mechanism to shipbuilding (‘the TDM Regulation’)( 1 ) in order to identify the objectives pursued by the Council for the protection of the interests of those Community shipyards affected by the unfair conditions of competition applied by Korean shipyards; —
the relationship (order of precedence of legislative acts) between the TDM Regulation of the Council and Commission Regulation (EC) No 794/2004 of 21 April 2004 implementing Council Regulation (EC) No 659/1999 laying down detailed rules for the application of Article 88 of the EC Treaty;( 2 ) —
reference to the principle of subsidiarity in order to determine the rules governing the time-limits for notifications of aid to the Commission on the part of the Member States. | — | the teleological interpretation of Council Regulation (EC) No 1177/2002 of 27 June 2002 concerning a temporary defensive mechanism to shipbuilding (‘the TDM Regulation’)( 1 ) in order to identify the objectives pursued by the Council for the protection of the interests of those Community shipyards affected by the unfair conditions of competition applied by Korean shipyards; | — | the relationship (order of precedence of legislative acts) between the TDM Regulation of the Council and Commission Regulation (EC) No 794/2004 of 21 April 2004 implementing Council Regulation (EC) No 659/1999 laying down detailed rules for the application of Article 88 of the EC Treaty;( 2 ) | — | reference to the principle of subsidiarity in order to determine the rules governing the time-limits for notifications of aid to the Commission on the part of the Member States. |
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| — | the teleological interpretation of Council Regulation (EC) No 1177/2002 of 27 June 2002 concerning a temporary defensive mechanism to shipbuilding (‘the TDM Regulation’)( 1 ) in order to identify the objectives pursued by the Council for the protection of the interests of those Community shipyards affected by the unfair conditions of competition applied by Korean shipyards; | | | | | | |
| — | the relationship (order of precedence of legislative acts) between the TDM Regulation of the Council and Commission Regulation (EC) No 794/2004 of 21 April 2004 implementing Council Regulation (EC) No 659/1999 laying down detailed rules for the application of Article 88 of the EC Treaty;( 2 ) | | | | | | |
| — | reference to the principle of subsidiarity in order to determine the rules governing the time-limits for notifications of aid to the Commission on the part of the Member States. | | | | | | |

| b) | Breach of Community law in relation to:
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the temporal aspects of the exercise of the Member States’ power to notify aid to the Commission in the context of the TDM Regulation; —
the Commission’s sphere of competence in the assessment of the ‘compatibility with the common market’ of the aid envisaged by the TDM Regulation; —
the governance of the legal relations arising under the TDM Regulation following the expiry of the period in which that regulation remained in force (31 March 2005); —
the application of the principles of equal treatment and of the protection of legitimate expectations. | — | the temporal aspects of the exercise of the Member States’ power to notify aid to the Commission in the context of the TDM Regulation; | — | the Commission’s sphere of competence in the assessment of the ‘compatibility with the common market’ of the aid envisaged by the TDM Regulation; | — | the governance of the legal relations arising under the TDM Regulation following the expiry of the period in which that regulation remained in force (31 March 2005); | — | the application of the principles of equal treatment and of the protection of legitimate expectations. |
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| — | the temporal aspects of the exercise of the Member States’ power to notify aid to the Commission in the context of the TDM Regulation; | | | | | | | | |
| — | the Commission’s sphere of competence in the assessment of the ‘compatibility with the common market’ of the aid envisaged by the TDM Regulation; | | | | | | | | |
| — | the governance of the legal relations arising under the TDM Regulation following the expiry of the period in which that regulation remained in force (31 March 2005); | | | | | | | | |
| — | the application of the principles of equal treatment and of the protection of legitimate expectations. | | | | | | | | |

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( 1 )  OJ 2002 L 172, p. 1.

( 2 )  OJ 2004 L 140, p. 1.

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