Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber) of 11 November 2004 in Joined Cases C-186/02 P and C-188/02 P: Ramondín SA, Ramondín Cápsulas SA (C-186/02 P), Territorio Histórico de Álava – Diputación Foral de Álava (C-188/02 P) v Commission of the European Communities (Appeal — State aid — Tax measures — Misuse of powers — Statement of reasons — New pleas in law)
Date: 2005-01-08
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: European Commission, General Court (EU), Spain, State aid, action for annulment (EU), aid to industry, basis of tax assessment, business start-up, restriction on competition, tax harmonisation

8.1.2005

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 6/3

JUDGMENT OF THE COURT

JUDGMENT OF THE COURT

(Sixth Chamber)

of 28 October 2004

in Case C-185/02 Commission of the European Commu-
nities v Portuguese Republic (1)

(Failure of a Member State to fulfil its obligations — Waste
management — Disposal of polychlorinated biphenyls and
polychlorinated terphenyls — Directive 96/59/EC)

(2005/C 6/04)

(Language of the case: Portuguese)

v Portuguese Republic

In Case C-185/02 Commission of the European Communities
(Agent: A. Caeiros)
(Agents: L.
Fernandes, M. Telles Romão and M.J. Lois) – action under
Article 226 EC for failure to fulfil obligations, brought on 17
May 2002 – the Court (Sixth Chamber), composed of: A. Borg
Barthert, President of the Chamber, S. von Bahr and J. Male-
novský (Rapporteur), Judges; L.A. Geelhoed, Advocate General;
R. Grass, Registrar, gave a judgment on 28 October 2004, in
which it:

1. Declares that, by failing to communicate the plans and outlines
referred to in Article 11 of Council Directive 96/59/EC of 16
September 1996 on the disposal of polychlorinated biphenyls and
polychlorinated terphenyls (PCB and PCT) to the Commission of
the European Communities within the prescribed period, the Portu-
guese Republic has failed to fulfil its obligations under that provi-
sion;

(Second Chamber)

of 11 November 2004

in Joined Cases C-186/02 P and C-188/02 P: Ramondín SA,
Ramondín Cápsulas SA (C-186/02 P), Territorio Histórico
de Álava – Diputación Foral de Álava (C-188/02 P) v
Commission of the European Communities (1)

(Appeal — State aid — Tax measures — Misuse of powers
— Statement of reasons — New pleas in law)

(2005/C 6/05)

(Language of the case: Spanish)

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

In Joined Cases C-186/02 P and C-188/02 P: two appeals
under Article 49 of the EC Statute of the Court of Justice,
brought on 15 and 16 May 2002, Ramondín SA, established in
Logroño (Spain), and Ramondín Cápsulas SA, established in
Laguardia (Spain), (Lawyer: J. Lazcano-Iturburu Ayestaran) C-
186/02 P, Territorio Histórico de Álava – Diputación Foral de
Álava (Lawyers: A. Creus Carreras, B. Uriarte Valiente and M.
Bravo-Ferrer Delgado) C-188/02 P, the other parties to the
proceedings being: Commission of the European Communities
(Agents: F. Santaolalla Gadea and J. L. Buendía Sierra),
supported by Comunidad Autónoma de La Rioja, (Lawyer: J.
Criado Gámez) - the Court (Second Chamber), composed of:
C.W.A. Timmermans, President of the Chamber, C. Gulmann
(Rapporteur), F. Macken, N. Colneric and J. N. Cunha Rodri-
gues,
Judges; J. Kokott, Advocate General; M. Múgica Azar-
mendi, Principal Administrator, for the Registrar, has given a
judgment on 11 November 2004, in which it:

1. Joins Cases C-186/02 P and C-188/02 P for the purposes of the

judgment;

2. Dismisses the remainder of the action;

2. Dismisses the appeals;

3. Orders the Commission of the European Communities and the

Portuguese Republic to bear their own costs.

3. Orders the appellants, in addition to bearing their own costs, to
pay those incurred by the Commission and the Comunidad
Autónoma de La Rioja.

(1) OJ C 180 of 27.7.2002

(1) OJ C 191 of 10.8.2002.