Judgment — ECLI:EU:T:2007:296
Date: 2007-09-20
Language of the case: German
Court formation: Third Chamber
Based on: Treaty establishing the European Economic Community (1957)
Subject matter: State aids;Competition
Concepts: Applications by natural or legal persons;Pleas in law
Procedure: Action for annulment - inadmissible
Origin: Germany

Judgment of the Court of First Instance (Third Chamber) of 20 September 2007 - Fachvereinigung Mineralfaserindustrie v Commission (Case T-254/05) 1 (State Aid - Measures to promote the use of insulation material from renewable raw materials - Decision declaring aid compatible with the common market - Preliminary examination - Action for annulment - Professional association - Meaning of 'party concerned' in Article 88(2) EC - Pleas in law on validity of decision - Inadmissibility) Language of the case: German Parties Applicant: Fachvereinigung Mineralfaserindustrie eV Deutsche Gruppe der Eurima - European Insulation Manufacturers Association (Frankfurt am Main, Germany) (represented by: T. Schmidt -Kötters, D. Uwer and K. Najork) Defendant: Commission of the European Communities (represented by: V. Kreuschitz) Intervener in support of the defendant: Federal Republic of Germany (represented by M. Lumma and C. Schulze-Bahr, agents) Re: Action for annulment of Commission Decision C (2005) 379 of 11 February 2005 relating to State Aid N 260b/2004 (Germany - Prolongation of the scheme to promote the use of insulation material from renewable raw materials) Operative part of the judgment The Court: Dismisses the action as inadmissible; Orders Fachvereinigung Mineralfaserindustrie eV Deutsche Gruppe der Eurima - European Insulation Manufacturers Association to bear its own costs and to pay the costs of the Commission; Orders the Federal Republic of Germany to bear its own costs. ____________ 1 - OJ C 229 of 17. 9. 2005.