Judgment of the Court (Sixth Chamber) of 26 September 2002 in Case C-351/98: Kingdom of Spain v Commission of the European Communities (State aid — Effect on competition and trade between Member States — De minimis rule — Sectoral guidelines and guidelines on aid for environmental protection — Horizontal aid with sectoral effects)
Date: 2002-11-23
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: Spain, State aid, action for annulment (EU), commercial vehicle, purchase

23.11.2002

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

C 289/1

I

(Information)

COURT OF JUSTICE

COURT OF JUSTICE

JUDGMENT OF THE COURT

2. Orders the Commission of the European Communities to pay

(Sixth Chamber)

of 26 September 2002

the costs.

(1) OJ C 340 of 7.11.1998.

in Case C-351/98: Kingdom of Spain v Commission of the
European Communities (1)

(State aid — Effect on competition and trade between
Member States — De minimis rule — Sectoral guidelines
and guidelines on aid for environmental protection —
Horizontal aid with sectoral effects)

(2002/C 289/01)

(Language of the case: Spanish)

(Provisional translation; the definitive translation will be published
in the European Court Reports)

In Case C-351/98, Kingdom of Spain (Agent: R. Silva Lapuerta)
v Commission of the European Communities (Agents: J. Guerra
Fernández and D. Triantafyllou): Application for partial annul-
ment of Commission Decision 98/693/EC of 1 July 1998
concerning the Spanish Plan Renove Industrial system of aid
for the purchase of commercial vehicles (August 1994 —
December 1996) (OJ 1998 L 329, p. 23), the Court (Sixth
Chamber), composed of: F. Macken, President of the Chamber,
C. Gulmann,
J.-P. Puissochet (Rapporteur), V. Skouris and
J.N. Cunha Rodrigues, Judges; S. Alber, Advocate General;
L. Hewlett, Principal Administrator, for the Registrar, has given
a judgment on 26 September 2002, in which it:

1. Annuls Articles 3 and 4 of Commission Decision 98/693/EC
of 1 July 1998 concerning the Spanish Plan Renove Industrial
system of aid for the purchase of commercial vehicles (August
1994 — December 1996);

JUDGMENT OF THE COURT

(Fifth Chamber)

of 3 October 2002

in Case C-136/00 (Reference for a preliminary ruling from
the Kuopin hallinto-oikeus): Rolf Dieter Danner (1)

(Voluntary pension insurance — Policy taken out with a
company in another Member State — Non-deductibility of
contributions — Compatibility with Articles 6 and 59 of the
EC Treaty (now, after amendment, Articles 12 EC and 49
EC), 60, 73b and 73d of the EC Treaty (now Articles 50 EC,
56 EC and 58 EC), and 92 of the EC Treaty (now, after
amendment, Article 87 EC)

(2002/C 289/02)

(Language of the case: Finnish)

(Provisional translation; the definitive translation will be published
in the European Court Reports)

In Case C-136/00: Reference to the Court under Article 234
EC by the Kuopion Hallinto-Oikeus (Finland) for a preliminary
ruling in the proceedings brought by Rolf Dieter Danner, on
the interpretation of Articles 6 and 59 of the EC Treaty (now,
after amendment, Articles 12 EC and 49 EC), 60, 73b and 73d
of the EC Treaty (now Articles 50 EC, 56 EC and 58 EC)
and 92 of the EC Treaty (now, after amendment, Article 87
EC), the Court (Fifth Chamber), composed of: P. Jann, President
of the Chamber, S. von Bahr, D.A.O. Edward, A. La Pergola
and M. Wathelet (Rapporteur), Judges; F.G. Jacobs, Advocate