Case T-369/00: Judgment of the Tribunal of First Instance of 29 March 2007 — Département du Loiret v Commission (State aid — Land sale price — Decision ordering the recovery of aid incompatible with the common market — Present-day value of the aid — Compound interest — Statement of reasons)
Date: 2007-04-28
Institutions: Court of First Instance
Subjects: European Commission, France, action for annulment (EU), department (France), industrial plot, private aid

C 96/30

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

28.4.2007

COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE

Judgment of the Court of First Instance (First Chamber) of
29 March 2007 — Scott SA v Commission of the European
Communities

Judgment of the Tribunal of First Instance of 29 March
2007 — Département du Loiret v Commission

(Case T-366/00) (1)

(Case T-369/00) (1)

(State aid — Land sale price — Decision ordering the recovery
of aid incompatible with the common market — Errors in the
calculation of the aid — Obligations of the Commission with
regard to the calculation of the aid — Rights of the recipient
of aid — Regulation (EC) No 659/1999 — Article 13(1))

(State aid — Land sale price — Decision ordering the recovery
of aid incompatible with the common market — Present-day
value of the aid — Compound interest — Statement of
reasons)

(2007/C 96/63)

Language of the case: English

(2007/C 96/64)

Language of the case: French

Parties

Parties

Applicant: Scott SA, (Saint-Cloud (France)) (represented by: Sir
Jeremy Lever QC, G. Peretz and J. Gardner, Barristers, and
R. Griffith and M. Papadakis, Solicitors,)

Applicant: Département du Loiret
A. Carnelutti, lawyer)

(France)

(represented by:

Defendant: Commission of the European Communities (repre-
sented by: G. Rozet and J. Flett, Agents)

Defendant: Commission of the European Communities (repre-
sented by: G. Rozet and J. Flett, Agents)

Intervener in support of the applicant: French Republic, represented
by G. de Bergues, S. Seam and F. Million, Agents),

in support of

Intervener
the applicant: Scott SA (Saint-Cloud
(France), (represented by: Sir Jeremy Lever QC, J. Gardner and
G. Peretz, Barristers and R. Griffith and M. Papadakis, Solicitors)

Re:

Partial annulment of Commission Decision 2002/14/EC of
12 July 2000 on the State aid granted by France to Scott Paper
SA/Kimberly-Clark (OJ 2002 L 12, p. 1).

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

1. Annuls Article 2 of Commission Decision 2002/14/EC of 12 July
2000 on the State aid granted by France to Scott Paper SA/
Kimberly-Clark to the extent that it concerns the aid granted in the
form of a preferential price for the property referred to in Article 1;

2. Orders the Commission to bear its own costs and to pay those
incurred by the applicant relating to the proceedings before the
Court of First Instance;

Re:

Partial annulument of Commission Decision 2002/14/EC of
12 July 2000 on the State aid granted by France to Scott Paper
SA/Kimberly-Clark (OJ 2002 L 12, p. 1).

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

1. Annuls Commission Decision 2002/14/EC of 12 July 2000 on
the State aid granted by France to Scott Paper SA/Kimberly-Clark
in so far as it concerns the aid granted in the form of a preferential
price for the property referred to in Article 1;

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

proceedings before the Court of First Instance.

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

incurred by the applicant and by Scott SA.

(1) OJ C 61, 24.2.2001.

(1) OJ C 61, 24.2.2001.