Judgment of the Court of First Instance of 18 January 2005 in Case T-93/02: Confédération nationale du Crédit Mutuel v Commission of the European Communities (State aid — Measures taken by the French Republic for Crédit Mutuel — Livret bleu — Decision 2003/216/EC — Duty to state reasons — Action for annulment)
Date: 2005-03-19
Institutions: Court of First Instance
Subjects: European Commission, France, State aid, action for annulment (EU), banking, control of State aid, infringement of EU law, savings

19.3.2005

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 69/13

COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE

JUDGMENT OF THE COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE

JUDGMENT OF THE COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE

of 18 January 2005

of 18 January 2005

in Case T-141/01 Entorn, Societat Limitada Enginyeria i
Serveis v Commission of the European Communities (1)

in Case T-93/02: Confédération nationale du Crédit Mutuel
v Commission of the European Communities (1)

(EAGGF — Financial participation in a demonstration
project concerning the introduction of new cultivation techni-
ques in sumac production — Cancellation of financial assis-
tance from the fund)

(State aid — Measures taken by the French Republic for
Crédit Mutuel — Livret bleu — Decision 2003/216/EC —
Duty to state reasons — Action for annulment)

(2005/C 69/24)

(2005/C 69/25)

(Language of the case: Spanish)

(Language of the case: French)

the European Communities

In Case T-141/01: Entorn, Societat Limitada Enginyeria i
Serveis, established in Barcelona (Spain), represented by M.
Belard-Kopke Marques-Pinto and C. Viñas Llebot, lawyers, with
an address for service in Luxembourg, against the Commission
of
(Agents: S. Pardo and L.
Visaggio, with an address for service in Luxembourg) – action
for annulment of Commission Decision C(1999) 534 of 4
March 1999 cancelling the financial assistance of the Guidance
Section of the European Agriculture Guidance and Guarantee
Fund (EAGGF) initially granted to the applicant by Decision
C(93)3394 of 26 November 1993, in accordance with Council
Regulation (EEC) No 4256/88 of 19 December 1988 laying
down provisions
implementing Regulation (EEC) No
2052/88 as regards the EAGGF Guidance Section (OJ 1988 L
for the financing of a demonstration project
374, p. 25),
concerning the introduction of new cultivation techniques in
sumac production (Project No 93.ES.06.030) – the Court of
First Instance (Second Chamber), composed of N.J. Forwood,
President,
J. Palacio
for the Registrar, gave a
González, Principal Administrator,
judgment on 18 January 2005, in which it:

J. Pirrung and A.W.H. Meij,

Judges;

for

1. Dismisses the action.

In Case T-93/02: Confédération nationale du Crédit Mutuel,
established in Paris (France), represented by A. Carnelutti and
J.-P. Gunther, lawyers, supported by French Republic (Agents:
G. de Bergues and F. Million, with an address for service in
Luxembourg), against Commission of the European Commu-
nities (Agent: G. Rozet, with an address for service in Luxem-
bourg) — action for annulment of Commission Decision
2003/216/EC of 15 January 2002 on State aid granted by
France to Crédit Mutuel (OJ 2003 L 88, p. 39), in the form of
excess compensation for collection and management costs of
regulated savings under the ‘Livret bleu’ system — the Court of
First
(Second Chamber, Extended Composition),
composed of J. Pirrung, President, V. Tiili, A.W.H. Meij, M.
Vilaras and N.J. Forwood, Judges, J. Palacio González, Principal
for the Registrar; has given a judgment on
Administrator,
18 January 2005, in which it:

Instance

1. Annuls Commission Decision 2003/216 EC of 15 January
2002 on State aid granted by the French Republic to Crédit
Mutuel;

2. Orders the Commission to bear its own costs and to pay the appli-

cant's costs;

2. Orders the applicant to bear its own costs and those incurred by
including those incurred in the proceedings for

the Commission,
interim relief.

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

(1) OJ C 289 of 13.10.2001.

(1) OJ C 131 of 1.6.2002.