Judgment of the Court of First Instance of 18 November 2004 in Case T-176/01: Ferriere Nord SpA v Commission of the European Communities (State aid — Community guidelines on State aid for environmental protection — Steel undertaking — Products coming under the EC Treaty — Approved aid scheme — New aid — Initiation of the formal procedure — Time-limits — Rights of the defence — Legitimate expectation — Statement of reasons — Applicability ratione temporis of the Community guidelines — Environmental objective of the investment)
Date: 2005-01-22
Institutions: Court of First Instance
Subjects: European Commission, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, action for annulment (EU), control of State aid, iron and steel industry, regional aid

C 19/20

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Official Journal of the European Union

22.1.2005

JUDGMENT OF THE COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE

JUDGMENT OF THE COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE

of 18 November 2004

of 16 December 2004

in Case T-176/01: Ferriere Nord SpA v Commission of the
European Communities (1)

(State aid — Community guidelines on State aid for environ-
mental protection — Steel undertaking — Products coming
under the EC Treaty — Approved aid scheme — New aid —
Initiation of the formal procedure — Time-limits — Rights
of the defence — Legitimate expectation — Statement of
reasons — Applicability ratione temporis of the Community
guidelines — Environmental objective of the investment)

(2005/C 19/43)

in Case T-11/02: Spyridon de Athanassios Pappas v
Commission of the European Communities (1)

(Officials — Retirement — Monthly allowance under Article
50 of the Staff Regulations — Services taken into account in
the calculation of the allowance — Employment prior to
entry into the service of the Communities — Transfer of
pension rights)

(Language of the case: Italian)

(2005/C 19/44)

In Case T-176/01: Ferriere Nord SpA, established in Osoppo
represented by W. Viscardini Donà and G. Donà,
(Italy),
lawyers, supported by Italian Republic (Agents:
initially U.
Leanza, acting as Agent, and subsequently I. Braguglia and M.
Fiorilli, avvocati dello Stato, with an address for service in
Luxembourg), against Commission of the European Commu-
nities (Agents: V. Kreuschitz and V. Di Bucci, with an address
for service in Luxembourg) – application for, first, annulment
of Commission Decision 2001/829/EC, ECSC of 28 March
2001 on the State aid which Italy is planning to grant to
Ferriere Nord SpA (OJ 2001 L 310, p. 22) and, second,
compensation for the harm allegedly sustained by the applicant
following the adoption of that decision – the Court of First
Instance (Fourth Chamber, Extended Composition), composed
of H. Legal, President, V. Tiili, A.W.H. Meij, M. Vilaras and
N.J. Forwood, Judges; J. Palacio González, Principal Adminis-
trator, for the Registrar, has given a judgment on 18 November
2004, in which it:

1. Dismisses the action;

2. Orders the applicant

to bear its own costs and to pay those

incurred by the Commission;

3. Orders the Italian Republic to bear its own costs.

(1) OJ C 289 of 13.10.2001.

(Language of the case: French)

In Case T-11/02: Spyridon de Athanassios Pappas, established
in Kraainem (Belgium), represented by K. Adamantopoulos and
the European
lawyers, against Commission of
V. Akritidis,
Communities – action for annulment of the decision of the
Commission fixing the duration of
the monthly allowance
which the applicant receives following his retirement in the
interests of the service under Article 50 of the Staff Regulations
of Officials of the European Communities – the Court of First
Instance composed of M.
I. Natsinas,
administrator, for the Registrar, has given a judgment on 16
December 2004, in which it:

Jaeger (single Judge);

1. Dismisses the action:

2. Orders the parties to pay their own costs.

(1) OJ C 68 of 16.3.2002.