Judgment of the Court of First Instance of 30 September 2003 in Case T-203/01: Manufacture française des pneumatiques Michelin v Commission of the European Communities (Article 82 EC — System of discounts — Abuse of dominant position)
Date: 2003-12-13
Institutions: Court of First Instance
Subjects: European Commission, action for annulment (EU), competition law, pneumatic tyre, rubber industry, selling price

C 304/24

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

13.12.2003

3. Orders the intervener to bear its own costs.

2. Orders each party to bear its own costs including those relation

(1) OJ C 108 of 7.4.2001.

to the interim proceedings.

(1) OJ C 289 of 13.10.2001.

JUDGMENT OF THE COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE

JUDGMENT OF THE COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE

of 30 September 2003

of 30 September 2003

in Case T-196/01: Aristotelio Panepistimio Thessalonikis
v Commission of the European Communities (1)

(EAGGF — Discontinuation of financial aid — Article 24
of Regulation (EEC) No 4253/88 — Error of assessment
— Principle of proportionality — Reasonable period —
Statement of reasons)

in Case T-203/01: Manufacture française des pneumati-
ques Michelin v Commission of the European Communi-
ties (1)

(Article 82 EC — System of discounts — Abuse of dominant
position)

(2003/C 304/42)

(Language of the case: Greek)

(2003/C 304/43)

(Language of the case: French)

In Case T-196/01: Aristoteleio Panepistimio Thessalonikis,
established in Thessaloniki (Greece) represented by D. Niko-
poulos, lawyer, with an address for service in Luxembourg, v
Commission of the European Communities (Agents: M. Con-
dou-Durande) — application for annulment of Commission
Decision C (2001) 1284 of 8 June 2001, discontinuing aid to
the laboratory for forest genetics and the improvement of
ligneous plant species of Aristotelio Panepistimio Thessaloniki
(University of Thessaloniki) granted by Commission Decision
C (96) 2542 of 25 September 1996 on the grant of EAGGF
Guidance Section assistance in accordance with Council Regu-
context of project
lation (EEC) No 4256/88 in the
No 93.EL.06.023, ‘Pilot project on the acceleration of regener-
ation of woodland affected by the fires in Greece’, — the Court
of First Instance (Third Chamber), composed of K. Lenaerts,
President, J. Azizi and M. Jaeger, Judges; U. Natsinas, Adminis-
trator, for the Registrar, has given a judgment on 30 September
2003, in which it:

1. Annuls Commission Decision C (2001) 1284 of the 8 June
2001 discontinuing assistance to the laboratory for forestry
genetics and improvement of ligneous plant species of Aristotelio
Panepistimio Thessaloniki (Aristoteleio University of Thessa-
loniki) granted by Decision C (96) 2542 of the Commission of
25 September 1996 on the grant of EAGGF Guidance
section assistance in accordance with Council Regulation (EEC)
No 4256/88 in the context of Project No 93.EL.06.023 ‘Pilot
project on the acceleration of regeneration of woodland affected
by the fires in Greece’;

In Case T-203/01: Manufacture française des pneumatiques
Michelin, established in Clermont-Ferrand (France), represent-
ed by J.-F. Bellis, M. Wellinger, D. Waelbroeck and M. Johnsson,
lawyers, with an address for service in Luxembourg, against
Commission of the European Communities (Agents: initially
É. Gippini Fournier and A. Barav, subsequently R. Wainwright
and A. Barav), supported by Bandag Inc., established in
Muscatine, Iowa (United States of America), represented by
H. Calvet and R. Saint-Esteben, lawyers, with an address for
service in Luxembourg - application for annulment of the
Commission Decision of 20 June 2001 (Case COMP/E-2/
36.041/PO — Michelin) relating to a proceeding pursuant to
Article 82 EC (OJ 2002, L 143, p. 1) — the Court of First
Instance (Third Chamber), composed of K. Lenaerts, President,
J. Azizi and M. Jaeger, Judges; J. Plingers, Administrator, for
the Registrar, gave a judgment on 30 September 2003, in
which it:

1. Dismisses the application.

2. Orders the applicant to bear its own costs and pay those of the

Commission.

3. Orders Bandag Inc. to bear its own costs.

(1) OJ C 331 of 24.11.2001.