Case T-65/04: Judgment of the Court of First Instance of 27 June 2007 — Nuova Gela Sviluppo v Commission (ERDF — Conclusion of Community financial assistance — Action for annulment — Action for damages — Arbitration clause)
Date: 2007-08-04
Institutions: Court of First Instance
Subjects: EU financing, European Commission, Italy, action for annulment (EU), aid system, regional aid

4.8.2007

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 183/31

COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE

Judgment of the Court of First Instance of 20 June 2007 —
Tirrenia di Navigazione and Others v Commission

Judgment of the Court of First Instance of 27 June 2007 —
Nuova Gela Sviluppo v Commission

(Case T-246/99) (1)

(Case T-65/04) (1)

(State Aid — Maritime transport — Decision to initiate the
procedure under Article 88(2) EC — New State aid —
Existing State aid)

(ERDF — Conclusion of Community financial assistance —
Action for annulment — Action for damages — Arbitration
clause)

(2007/C 183/60)

Language of the case: Italian

Parties

Applicants: Tirrenia di Navigazione SpA, formerly Tirrenia di
Navigazione SpA and Adriatica di Navigazione SpA (Naples,
Italy); Caremar SpA (Naples); Toremar SpA (Leghorn,
Italy);
Siremar SpA (Palermo, Italy); and Saremar SpA (Cagliari, Italy)
(represented by: initially A. Tizzano and G. Roberti and subse-
quently G. Roberti, A. Franchi and G. Bellitti, lawyers)

Defendant: Commission of the European Communities (repre-
sented by: D. Triantafyllou, V. Di Bucci and E. De Persio,
Agents)

Interveners in support of
the defendant: Navigazione Libera del
Golfo SpA (Naples) (represented by: S. Ravenna and A. Abate,
lawyers); Aliscafi Società Navigazione Alta Velocità SpA (Aliscafi
SNAV) (Messina, Italy) (represented by: B. Castaldo and C. Forte,
lawyers); Traghetti Pozzuoli Srl (Naples); Alilauro SpA (Naples);
and Linee Lauro Srl (Pozzuoli, Italy) (represented by: E. Amato,
lawyer)

Re:

Annulment of the Commission's decision of 6 August 1999 to
initiate the procedure under Article 88(2) EC concerning the
State aid granted by the Italian Republic to undertakings in the
Tirrenia di Navigazione group (OJ 1999 C 306, p. 2).

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

1. Dismisses the action;

(2007/C 183/61)

Language of the case: Italian

Parties

Applicant: Nuova Gela Sviluppo Soc. Cons. pa, formerly Gela
Sviluppo
by:
P. Menchetti, lawyer)

Soc. Cons.

(represented

(Gela,

Italy)

pa

Defendant: Commission of the European Communities (repre-
sented by: L. Flynn and M. Velardo, acting as Agents, assisted by
A. Dal Ferro, lawyer)

Re:

Primarily, annulment of the decision contained in the Commis-
sion's letter of 16 December 2003 concerning the closure of
assistance ERDF 98.05.26.001, annulment of the Commission
decisions reducing the assistance, withdrawing the assistance
and recovering the balance of the assistance, and annulment of
Article 6(2) of Commission Decision SEC (1999) 1316 of
9 September 1999 on guidelines for the financial closure of
operational assistance (1994-1999) from the Structural Funds,
and, in the alternative, compensation for the loss suffered by the
applicant
of
13 September 1999 between the applicant and the Commis-
sion.

performance

agreement

and

the

of

Operative part of the judgment

2. Orders the applicants to bear their own costs and to pay those of
the Commission and the interveners Navigazione Libera del Golfo
SpA, Linee Lauro Srl, Traghetti Pozzuoli Srl and Alilauro SpA;

The Court:

1. Dismisses the action;

3. Orders the intervener Aliscafi Società Navigazione Alta Velocità

SpA (Aliscafi SNAV) to bear its own costs.

2. Orders the applicant to pay the costs.

(1) OJ C 20, 22.1.2000.

(1) OJ C 106, 30.4.2004.