Order of the Court of First Instance of 10 March 2005 in Joined Cases T-228/00, T-229/00, T-242/00, T-243/00, T-245/00 to T-248/00, T-250/00, T-252/00, T-256/00 to T-259/00, T-265/00, T-267/00, T-268/00, T-271/00, T-274/00 to T-276/00, T-281/00, T-287/00 and T-296/00, Gruppo ormeggiatori del porto di Venezia Soc. coop. rl, and Others v Commission of the European Communities (State aid — Commission decision declaring incompatible with the common market unlawful aid schemes and requiring repayment of incompatible aid — National procedure for repayment precluded — Action for annulment — No legal interest in bringing proceedings — Inadmissibility)
Date: 2005-07-09
Institutions: Court of First Instance
Subjects: European Commission, Italy, State aid, action for annulment (EU), aid to undertakings, control of State aid, social-security contribution, type of business

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applicant's candidature for the post of Executive Director and
appoint another candidate to that post and also application for
the payment of damages in respect of material and non-mate-
rial damage — the Court of First Instance (Fourth Chamber),
composed of H. Legal, President, P. Lindh and V. Vadapalas,
Judges; I. Natsinas, Registrar, gave a judgment on 4 May 2005,
in which it:

1. Dismisses the application;

2. Orders AESA to pay the costs.

(1) OJ C 94, 17.4.2004.

ORDER OF THE COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE

of 10 March 2005

in Joined Cases T-228/00, T-229/00, T-242/00, T-243/00, T-
245/00 to T-248/00, T-250/00, T-252/00, T-256/00 to T-
259/00, T-265/00, T-267/00, T-268/00, T-271/00, T-274/00
to T-276/00, T-281/00, T-287/00 and T-296/00, Gruppo
ormeggiatori del porto di Venezia Soc. coop. rl, and
Others v Commission of the European Communities (1)

(State aid — Commission decision declaring incompatible
with the common market unlawful aid schemes and requiring
repayment of incompatible aid — National procedure for
repayment precluded — Action for annulment — No legal
interest in bringing proceedings — Inadmissibility)

(2005/C 171/36)

(Language of the case: Italian)

In Joined Cases T-228/00, T-229/00, T-242/00, T-243/00, T-
245/00 to T-248/00, T-250/00, T-252/00, T-256/00 to T-259/
00, T-265/00, T-267/00, T-268/00, T-271/00, T-274/00 to

established in Venice,

represented by G. Orsoni, A. Pavanini

T-276/00, T-281/00, T-287/00 and T-296/00, Gruppo ormeg-
giatori del porto di Venezia Soc. coop. rl, established in Venice
(Italy), represented by F. Munari, lawyer, with an address for
service in Luxembourg, applicant in Case T-228/00, Gruppo
ormeggiatori del porto di Chioggia Piccola Soc. coop. rl, estab-
lished in Venice, represented by S. Carbone, A. Taramasso and
F. Munari, lawyers, with an address for service in Luxembourg,
applicant in Case T-229/00, Compagnia lavoratori portuali Soc.
coop. rl, Società cooperativa lavoratori portuali San Marco
Venezia Soc. coop. rl, established in Venice, represented by
A. Bortoluzzi and C. Montagner, lawyers, with an address for
service in Luxembourg, applicants in Case T-242/00, Portaba-
gagli del porto di Venezia Soc. coop. rl, established in Venice,
represented by A. Bortoluzzi and C. Montagner, lawyers, with
an address for service in Luxembourg, applicant in Case T-243/
represented by
00, Abibes SpA,
G. Orsoni, G. Simeone and A. Schmitt,
lawyers, with an
address for service in Luxembourg, applicant in Case T-245/00,
represented by
Fluvio Padana Srl, established in Venice,
G. Orsoni, G. Simeone and A. Schmitt,
lawyers, with an
address for service in Luxembourg, applicant in Case T-246/00,
Serenissima motoscafi Srl, established in Venice, represented by
lawyers, with an
G. Orsoni, A. Pavanini and A. Schmitt,
address for service in Luxembourg, applicant in Case T-247/00,
Integrated Shipping Co. SpA (ISCO), established in Venice,
represented by G. Orsoni, G. Simeone and A. Schmitt, lawyers,
with an address for service in Luxembourg, applicant in Case
T-248/00, Società cooperativa veneziana motoscafi, Soc. coop.
rl, Cooperativa ‘San Marco’ motoscafi in servizio pubblico Soc.
coop. rl, Cooperativa serenissima taxi Soc. coop. rl, established
in Venice,
and
A. Schmitt, lawyers, with an address for service in Luxembourg,
applicants in Case T-250/00, Cooperativa ducale fra gondolieri
di Venezia, Soc. coop. rl, Gondolieri Bauer Soc. coop. rl, estab-
lished in Venice, represented by M. Giantin,
lawyer, with an
address for service in Luxembourg, applicants in Case T-252/
00, Sacra Srl, established in Venice, represented by M. Marinoni,
G.M. Roberti and F. Sciaudone, lawyers, with an address for
service in Luxembourg, applicant in Case T-256/00, Fonda-
mente nuove servizio taxi e noleggio, Soc. coop. rl, Bucintoro
motoscafi servizio taxi e noleggio Soc. coop. rl, established in
and
Venice,
C. Montagner, lawyers, with an address for service in Luxem-
bourg, applicants in Case T-257/00, Multiservice Srl, estab-
lished
and
C. Montagner, lawyers, with an address for service in Luxem-
bourg, applicant in Case T-258/00, Veneziana di navigazione
SpA, established in Venice, represented by A. Bortoluzzi and
C. Montagner, lawyers, with an address for service in Luxem-
bourg, applicant
in Case T-259/00, Cooperativa traghetto
S. Lucia Soc. coop. rl, established in Venice, represented by
A. Bortoluzzi, C. Montagner and F. Stivanello Gussoni, lawyers,
with an address for service in Luxembourg, applicant in Case
T-265/00, Comitato ‘Venezia vuole vivere’, established in
Venice, represented,
in Cases T-265/00 and T-267/00, by
A. Bortoluzzi, C. Montagner and F. Stivanello Gussoni and, in
Cases T-274/00 to T-276/00, T-281/00, T-287/00 and T-296/
00, by A. Bianchini,
lawyers, with an address for service in
Luxembourg, applicant in Cases T-265/00, T-267/00, T-274/
00 to T-276/00, T-281/00, T-287/00 and T-296/00, Coopera-
tiva Daniele Manin fra gondolieri di Venezia Soc. coop. rl,
Bortoluzzi,
established
C. Montagner and F. Stivanello Gussoni,
lawyers, with an
address for service in Luxembourg, applicant in Case T-267/00,
Conepo servizi Soc. coop. rl, established in Venice, represented
by A. Biagini, S. Scarpa and P. Pettinelli,
lawyers, with an
address for service in Luxembourg, applicant in Case T-268/00,
Ligabue Catering SpA, established in Venice, represented by

represented by R. Vianello, A. Bortoluzzi

in Venice,

in Venice,

represented

represented

Bortoluzzi

by A.

by A.

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A. Vianello, M. Merola and A. Sodano, lawyers, with an address
for service in Luxembourg, applicant in Case T-271/00, Verde
sport SpA, established in Venice, represented by A. Bianchini,
lawyer, with an address for service in Luxembourg, applicant in
Case T-274/00, Cooperativa carico scarico e trasporti scalo
fluviale Soc. coop. rl, established in Venice, represented by A.
Bianchini, lawyer, with an address for service in Luxembourg,
applicant
in Case T-275/00, Cipriani SpA, established in
lawyer, with an address
Venice, represented by A. Bianchini,
for service in Luxembourg, applicant in Case T-276/00, Coop-
erativa trasbagagli Soc. coop. rl, established in Venice, repre-
sented by A. Bianchini, lawyer, with an address for service in
in Case T-281/00, Cooperativa fra
Luxembourg, applicant
portabagagli della stazione di Venezia Srl, established in Venice,
represented by A. Bianchini, lawyer, with an address for service
in Luxembourg, applicant in Case T-287/00, Cooperativa brac-
cianti mercato ittico ‘Tronchetto’ Soc. coop. rl, established in
lawyer, with an address
Venice, represented by A. Bianchini,
for
in Case T-296/00,
supported, in Cases T-228/00, T-229/00, T-242/00, T-243/00,
T-247/00, T-250/00, T-252/00, T-256/00 to T-259/00, T-265/
00, T-267/00, T-268/00 and T-271/00, by the Italian Republic,
represented by U. Leanza, acting as agent, with an address for
service in Luxembourg, intervener, against Commission of the
European Communities (agent: V. Di Bucci, and A. Dal Ferro,
lawyer, with an address for service in Luxembourg) — action
for annulment of Commission Decision 2000/394/EC of 25
November 1999 on aid to firms in Venice and Chioggia by
way of relief from social security contributions under Laws Nos
30/1997 and 206/1995 (OJ 2000 L 150, p. 50) — the Court
of First
Instance (Second Chamber, Extended Composition),
composed of J. Pirrung, President, A.W.H. Meij, N.J Forwood, I.
Pelikánová, S. Papasavvas, Judges; H. Jung, Registrar, made an
order on 10 March 2005, the operative part of which is as
follows:

service in Luxembourg, applicant

4. In Cases T-228/00, T-229/00, T-242/00, T-243/00, T-245/
00 to T-248/00, T-250/00, T-252/00, T-256/00 to T-259/
00, T-268/00 and T-271/00, the applicants, on the one hand,
and the Commission, on the other, are to bear their own costs.

5. In Cases T-267/00, T-275/00, T-276/00, T-281/00, T-287/
00 and T-296/00, Cooperativa Daniele Manin fra gondolieri di
Venezia Soc. coop. rl, Cooperativa carico scarico e trasporti scalo
fluviale Soc. coop. rl, Cipriani SpA, Cooperativa trasbagagli Soc.
coop. rl, Cooperativa fra portabagagli della stazione di Venezia Srl
and Cooperativa braccianti mercato ittico ‘Tronchetto’ Soc. coop. rl
are to bear their own costs. In those cases the Commission is to
bear the costs which it has incurred in connection with the actions
in so far as they were brought by those companies. The Comitato
‘ Venezia vuole vivere’ is to pay, in addition to its own costs, those
incurred to date by the Commission in connection with the actions
in Cases T-267/00, T-275/00, T-276/00, T-281/00, T-287/
00 and T-296/00, in so far as they were brought by the Comi-
tato ‘Venezia vuole vivere’.

6. The applicants in Case T-265/00, Cooperativa traghetto S. Lucia,
and in Case T-274/00, Verde sport, are to bear their own costs.
In those two cases the Commission is to bear the costs it has
incurred to date in connection with the actions brought by those
two companies.

1. Cases T-228/00, T-229/00, T-242/00, T-243/00, T-245/00
to T-248/00, T-250/00, T-252/00, T-256/00 to T-259/00,
T-265/00, T-267/00, T-268/00, T-271/00, T-274/00 to T-
276/00, T-281/00, T-287/00 and T-296/00 are joined for the
purposes of the remainder of the proceedings.

7. The Italian Republic is to bear its own costs in Cases T-228/00,
T-229/00, T-242/00, T-243/00, T-247/00, T-250/00, T-
252/00, T-256/00 to T-259/00, -T-267/00, T-268/00 and
T-271/00, and the costs which it has incurred in Case T-265/00
in connection with the action brought by the Cooperativa traghetto
S. Lucia.

2. The actions in Cases T-228/00, T-229/00, T-242/00, T-243/
00, T-245/00 to T-248/00, T-250/00, T-252/00, T-256/00
to T-259/00, T-267/00, T-268/00, T-271/00, T-275/00, T-
276/00, T-281/00, T-287/00 and T-296/00 are dismissed as
inadmissible.

8. The remainder of the costs are reserved in Cases T-265/00 and T-

274/00.

(1) OJ C 302 of 21.10.2000.

3. The actions in Cases T-265/00 and T-274/00 are dismissed in
part as inadmissible in so far as they were brought by the Coop-
erativa traghetto S. Lucia Soc. coop. rl (Case T-265/00) and
Verde sport SpA (Case T-274/00).