Judgment — ECLI:EU:T:1999:245
Date: 1999-10-06
Language of the case: French
Court formation: Second Chamber, Extended Composition
Based on: Treaty establishing the European Economic Community (1957)
Subject matter: State aids;Competition
Concepts: Limitation periods;Aid to undertakings in difficulty;Commission discretion
Procedure: Action for annulment - unfounded
Origin: France

Summary 
Legal background to the dispute II - 2930 
Facts II - 2931 
Procedure before the Court II - 2939 
Procedure before the Court II - 2940 
Admissibility II - 2941 
Substance II -2943 
Scope of the Court's review of the compatibility of the restructuring aid in question II - 2943 
The financial transactions not taken into consideration by the Decision in authorising 
the restructuring aid in question II - 2944 
The first plea: the Aid was not a single package II - 2949 
The second plea: improper reference to the oligopolistic structure of the markets in 
winter sports articles II-2950 
The third plea: wrong analysis of the markets in question II -2951 
The fourth plea: the restructuring plan was inadequate II-2953 
The fifth plea: the capacity reductions and abandoning of production imposed on 
HTM are insufficient II - 2955 
The sixth plea: the Aid is disproportionate II-2960 
The seventh plea: failure to observe the conditions for authorisation of the Aid . . . . II-2962 
The eighth plea: incapacity of the Commission to review implementation of the 
Decision II-2963 
The ninth plea: insufficient reasoning II-2964 
Costs II - 2966 
II - 2968