Joined Cases C-5/06 and C-23/06 to C-36/06: Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber) of 8 May 2008 (references for a preliminary ruling from the Finanzgericht Düsseldorf and the Tribunal de grande instance de Nanterre (Germany, France)) — Zuckerfabrik Jülich AG, formerly Jülich AG v Hauptzollamt Aachen (Sugar — Production levies — Detailed rules for the application of the quota system — Calculation of the exportable surplus — Calculation of the average loss)
Date: 2008-05-08
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: common organisation of markets, export refund, interpretation of the law, production quota, sugar, sugar levy

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COURT PROCEEDINGS

COURT OF JUSTICE

Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 8 May 2008 —
the European
Ferriere Nord SpA v Commission of

compensation for the harm allegedly suffered by the applicant
following adoption of that decision

Communities, Italian Republic

(Case C-49/05 P) (1)

Operative part of the judgment

(Appeal — State aid — Formal examination procedure —
Community framework for State aid for environmental protec-
tion — Rights of the parties — Application to submit obser-
vations — Article 88(2) EC — Regulation (EC) No 659/1999
— Legitimate expectations — Legal certainty — Environ-
mental purpose of the investment)

(2008/C 158/02)

Language of the case: Italian

The Court:

1. Dismisses the appeal;

2. Orders Ferriere Nord SpA to pay the costs;

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

(1) OJ C 82, 2.4.2005.

Parties

Appellant: Ferriere Nord SpA (represented by: W. Viscardini, G.
Donà, avvocati)

Other parties to the proceedings: Commission of the European
Communities (represented by: V. Di Bucci, acting as Agent);
Italian Republic (represented by:
I. Braguglia, Agent, and M.
Fiorilli, avvocato dello Stato)

Re:

the Court of First Instance
Appeal against the judgment of
(Fourth Chamber, Extended Composition) of 18 November
2004 in Case T-176/01 Ferriere Nord v Commission, dismissing
an application for, on the one hand, annulment of Commission
Decision 2001/829/EC, ECSC of 28 March 2001 Commission
Decision of 28 March 2001 on the State aid which Italy is plan-
ning to grant to Ferriere Nord SpA (OJ 2001 L 310, p. 22),
declaring incompatible with the common market aid notified as
environmental aid which the autonomous Region of Friuli-
Venezia Giulia (Italy) is planning to grant to the applicant in the
form of a financial contribution to investments in new plant for
the production of electrowelded wire mesh to reduce noise and
eliminate waste in the form of iron oxide, and, on the other,

Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber) of 8 May 2008
(references for a preliminary ruling from the Finanzgericht
Düsseldorf and the Tribunal de grande instance de
Nanterre (Germany, France)) — Zuckerfabrik Jülich AG,
formerly Jülich AG v Hauptzollamt Aachen

(Joined Cases C-5/06 and C-23/06 to C-36/06) (1)

(Sugar — Production levies — Detailed rules for the applica-
tion of the quota system — Calculation of the exportable
surplus — Calculation of the average loss)

(2008/C 158/03)

Language of the case: German and French

Referring court

Finanzgericht Düsseldorf, Tribunal de grande
Nanterre

instance de

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Parties to the main proceedings

taken into account for the purpose of calculating both the exportable
surplus and the average loss per tonne of product.

Applicants: Zuckerfabrik Jülich AG, formerly Jülich AG (C-5/06),
Saint Louis Sucre SNC (C-23/06), Sucreries du Marquenterre SA
(C-24/06), SA des Sucreries de Fontaine Le Dun, Bolbec, Auffray
(SAFBA)
(C-25/06), SA Lesaffre Frères (C-26/06), Tereos, as
successor in title to Sucreries, Distilleries des Hauts de France
(C-27/06), SA Sucreries & Distilleries de Souppes — Ouvré fils
(C-28/06), SA Sucreries de Toury et Usines Annexes (C-29/06),
Tereos (C-30/06), Tereos, as successor in title to SAS Sucrerie du
Littoral Groupe SDHF (C-31/06), Cristal Union (C-32/06), Sucr-
erie Bourdon (C-33/06), SA Sucrerie de Bourgogne (C-34/06),
SAS Vermendoise Industries (C-35/06), SA Sucreries et Raffi-
neries d'Erstein (C-36/06)

Commission Regulations (EC) No 1762/2003 of 7 October 2003
fixing the production levies in the sugar sector for the 2002/03
marketing year and (EC) No 1775/2004 of 14 October 2004
setting the production levies in the sugar sector for the 2003/04
marketing year are invalid.

Examination of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1837/2002 of
15 October 2002 fixing the production levies and the coefficient for
the additional levy in the sugar sector for the marketing year 2001/02
has not disclosed the existence of any factors such as to affect its
validity.

Defendants: Hauptzollamt Aachen (C-5/06), Directeur général des
douanes et droits indirects, Receveur principal des douanes et
droits indirects de Gennevilliers (C-23/06 to C-36/06)

(1) OJ C 74, 25.3.2006.

Re:

314/2002

(EC) No

Regulation

Commission

Preliminary rulings — Finanzgericht Düsseldorf — Interpreta-
tion of Article 15 of Council Regulation (EC) No 1260/2001 of
19 June 2001 on the common organisation of the markets in
the sugar sector (OJ 2001 L 178, p. 1) — Validity of Article 6(4)
of
of
20 February 2002 laying down detailed rules for the application
of the quota system in the sugar sector (OJ 2002 L 50, p. 40),
as amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1140/2003 of
27 June 2003 amending, in the sugar sector, Regulations (EC)
No 779/96 laying down detailed rules of application as regards
communications and (EC) No 314/2002 laying down detailed
rules for the application of the quota system (OJ 2003 L 160,
(EC)
p.
No 1775/2004 of 14 October 2004 setting the production
levies in the sugar sector for the 2003/04 marketing year
(OJ 2004 L 316, p. 64) — Whether account is to be taken, in
determining the exportable surplus, of all exported quantities of
in determining the
sugar,
average loss per tonne of sugar, only of the quantities in respect
of which export refunds were paid

isoglucose and inulin syrup and,

of Commission Regulation

33) — Validity

Operative part of the judgment

of

15(1)(c)

to Article

Council Regulation

Pursuant
(EC)
No 1260/2001 of 19 June 2001 on the common organisation of
the markets in the sugar sector,
for the purpose of calculating the
exportable surplus, all the quantities of exported products which fall
under that article must, regardless of whether or not refunds have actu-
ally been paid, be subtracted from consumption.

Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 6 May 2008 —
European Parliament v Council of the European Union

(Case C-133/06) (1)

(Action for annulment — Common policy on asylum — Direc-
tive 2005/85/EC — Procedures in Member States for granting
and withdrawing refugee status — Safe countries of origin —
European safe third countries — Minimum common lists —
Procedure for adopting or amending the minimum common
lists — Article 67(1) and first indent of Article 67(5) EC —
No power)

(2008/C 158/04)

Language of the case: French

Parties

Applicant: European Parliament
(represented by: H. Duintjer
Tebbens, A. Caiola, A. Auersperger Matić and K. Bradley,
Agents)

Intervener in support of the applicant: Commission of the European
Communities (represented by: C. O'Reilly, P. Van Nuffel and
J.-F. Pasquier, Agents)

Defendant: Council of
M. Simm, M. Balta and G. Maganza, Agents)

the European Union (represented by:

Article 15(1)(d) of that regulation is to be interpreted as meaning that
all the quantities of exported products which fall under that article
must, regardless of whether or not refunds have actually been paid, be

Intervener in support of the defendant: French Republic (represented
by G. de Bergues and J.-C. Niollet, Agents)