Judgment of the Court of First Instance of 21 March 2001 in Case T-69/96 Hamburger Hafen- und Lagerhaus Aktiengesellschaft and Others v Commission of the European Communities (State aid — Aid for investment in equipment in the combined transport sector — Article 93 of the EC Treaty (now Article 88 EC) — Action for annulment — Admissibility)
Date: 2001-06-02
Institutions: Court of First Instance
Subjects: EU aid, Netherlands, action for annulment (EU), harbour installation, restriction on competition, storage

2.6.2001

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

C 161/13

JUDGMENT OF THE COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE

JUDGMENT OF THE COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE

COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE

of 6 March 2001

of 21 March 2001

in Case T-331/94: IPK-München GmbH v the Commission
of the European Communities (1)

in Case T-69/96 Hamburger Hafen- und Lagerhaus Aktien-
gesellschaft and Others v Commission of the European
Communities (1)

(Financial assistance for an ecological tourism project —
Interference by the Commission — Delay in carrying out the
project — Reduction of assistance)

(State aid — Aid for investment in equipment in the
combined transport sector — Article 93 of the EC Treaty
(now Article 88 EC) — Action for annulment — Admissi-
bility)

(2001/C 161/28)

(2001/C 161/29)

(Language of the case: German)

(Language of the case: German)

In Case T-331/94 IPK-München GmbH, established in Munich
(Germany), represented by H.-J. Prieß, avocat, against the
Commission of the European Communities (Agent: J. Grun-
wald) — application for annulment of the Commission’s
decision of 3 August 1994 not to pay the balance of financial
assistance granted to the applicant in connection with a project
to create a databank on ecological tourism in Europe — the
Court of First Instance (Third Chamber), composed of: J. Azizi,
President, K. Lenaerts and M. Jaeger, Judges; J. Palacio Gonza´lez,
Administrator, for the Registrar, has given a judgment on
6 March 2001, in which it:

1. Annuls the Commission’s decision of 3 August 1994 not to
pay the balance of financial assistance granted to the applicant
in connection with a project to create a databank on ecological
tourism in Europe;

2. Orders the Commission to bear its own costs and to pay all the
costs incurred by the applicant before the Court of First Instance
and the Court of Justice.

In Case T-69/96 Hamburger Hafen- und Lagerhaus Aktienge-
sellschaft, established in Hamburg (Germany), Zentralverband
der Deutschen Seehafenbetriebe eV, established in Hamburg,
and Unternehmensverband Hafen Hamburg eV, established in
Hamburg, represented by E.A. Undritz and G. Schohe, avocats,
with an address for service in Luxembourg, against Com-
mission of the European Communities (Agents P.F. Nemitz) —
application for annulment of the Commission’s decisions,
communicated to the Netherlands Government on 25 October
and 6 December 1995, concerning planned State aids
Nos 618/95 and 484/95 — the Court of First Instance (Fourth
Chamber, Extended Composition), composed of V. Tiili,
President, P. Lindh, R.M. Moura Ramos,
J.D. Cooke and
P. Mengozzi, Judges; J. Palacio Gonza´lez, Administrator, for
the Registrar, has given a judgment on 21 March 2001, in
which it:

1. Dismisses the application as inadmissible;

2. Orders the applicants to bear their own costs and those incurred

by the Commission.

(1) OJ C 370 of 24.12.1994.

(1) OJ C 210 of 20.7.96.