Judgment of the Court of First Instance of 27 November 2003 in Case T-190/00: Regione Siciliana v Commission of the European Communities (State aid — Operating loans — Admissibility — Time-limit — Confirmatory act — Action for annulment — Existing aid or new aid — Principle of tempus regit actum — Export aid — Operating aid — Reasonable time-limit)
Date: 2004-01-24
Institutions: Court of First Instance
Subjects: European Commission, Italy, State aid, action for annulment (EU), farming sector

24.1.2004

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 21/31

COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE

JUDGMENT OF THE COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE

JUDGMENT OF THE COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE

of 27 November 2003

in Case T-190/00: Regione Siciliana v Commission of the
European Communities (1)

(State aid — Operating loans — Admissibility — Time-
limit — Confirmatory act — Action for annulment —
Existing aid or new aid — Principle of tempus regit actum
— Export aid — Operating aid — Reasonable time-limit)

(2004/C 21/64)

(Language of the case: Italian)

In Case T-190/00: Regione Siciliana, represented by F. Quadri,
avvocato dello Stato, with an address for service in Luxem-
bourg, against Commission of the European Communities
(Agents: V. Di Bucci and D. Triantafyllou) application for
annulment of Commission Decision 2000/319/EC of
22 December 1999 on the State aid scheme implemented by
Italy for the production, processing and marketing of the
products listed in Annex I to the EC Treaty (Sicilian Regional
Law No 68, of 27 September 1995) (OJ 2000 L 110, p. 17),
in so far as it states that the State aid granted under Article 6
of Sicilian Regional Law No 68 of 27 September 1995 to
agriculture and fisheries enterprises is incompatible with the
common market and requires Italy to withdraw that aid — the
Court of First Instance (Fifth Chamber, Extended Composition),
composed of R. García-Valdecasas, President, P. Lindh,
J. D. Cooke, A. W. H. Meij and H. Legal, Judges; J. Palacio
González, Principal Administrator, for the Registrar, gave the
following judgment on 27 November 2003:

1.

2.

The application is dismissed;

The applicant is ordered to pay its own costs and those incurred
by the Commission.

(1) OJ C 285 of 7.10.2000.

of 5 November 2003

in Case T-240/01: Jean-Louis Cougnon v Court of Justice
of the European Communities (1)

(Officials — Appointments procedure — Grade A 2 post —
Candidature rejected)

(2004/C 21/65)

(Language of the case: French)

In Case T-240/01: Jean-Louis Cougnon, an official of the
European Parliament, residing in Capellen (Luxembourg),
lawyer, with an address for
represented by J. Choucroun,
service in Luxembourg, against the Court of Justice of the
European Communities (Agent: M. Schauss) — application
for the annulment of a decision rejecting the applicant’s
candidature for the post of Director of Personnel and Finances
at the Court of Justice and appointing another candidate —
the Court of First
Instance (Fourth Chamber), composed
of V. Tiili, President, P. Mengozzi and M. Vilaras, Judges;
D. Christensen, Administrator, for the Registrar, gave a judg-
ment on 5 November 2003, in which it:

1. Dismisses the application.

2. Orders the parties to bear their own costs.

(1) OJ C 331 of 24.11.2001

JUDGMENT OF THE COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE

of 20 November 2003

in Case T-63/02: Maria Concetta Cerafogli and Paolo
Poloni v European Central Bank (1)

(Officials — European Central Bank staff — Pay — Method
of calculating the annual pay adjustment — Consultation of
staff committee — Articles 13, 45 and 46 of the Conditions
of Employment)

(2004/C 21/66)

(Language of the case: German)

In Case T-63/02: Maria Concetta Cerafogli and Paolo Poloni,
officials of the European Central Bank, residing in Frankfurt-