CELEX: C2003/055/01
Language: en
Date: 2003-03-08 00:00:00
Title: Judgment of the Court of 28 January 2003 in Case C-334/99: Federal Republic of Germany v Commission of the European Communities (EC and ECSC Treaties — State aid — Composition of the Commission — Notification to the Commission of aid and planned aid — Concept and substance of notification — Scope of the ECSC Treaty — Fifth Steel Aid Code — Powers of the Commission ratione temporis — Article 87(2)(c) EC — Privatisation procedure — Private investor test — Invitation to bid — Transparency)

8.3.2003                EN                           Official Journal of the European Union                                                C 55/1
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                                                      COURT OF JUSTICE
                                                               COURT OF JUSTICE
                 JUDGMENT OF THE COURT                                       1.    Dismisses the action;
                                                                             2.    Orders the Federal Republic of Germany to pay the costs.
                        of 28 January 2003
                                                                             (1 ) OJ C 366 of 18.12.1999.
in Case C-334/99: Federal Republic of Germany v Com-
          mission of the European Communities (1)
(EC and ECSC Treaties — State aid — Composition of the
Commission — Notification to the Commission of aid and
                                                                                              JUDGMENT OF THE COURT
planned aid — Concept and substance of notification —
Scope of the ECSC Treaty — Fifth Steel Aid Code — Powers
of the Commission ratione temporis — Article 87(2)(c) EC                                             of 21 January 2003
— Privatisation procedure — Private investor test —
               Invitation to bid — Transparency)                             in Case C-512/99: Federal Republic of Germany v Com-
                                                                                        mission of the European Communities (1)
                          (2003/C 55/01)                                     (Approximation of laws — Directive 97/69/EC — Danger-
                                                                             ous substances — More stringent national provisions —
                                                                             Application ratione temporis of Article 95 EC — Duty of
                   (Language of the case: German)                            cooperation — Conditions for the approval of new national
                                                                                                          provisions)
(Provisional translation; the definitive translation will be published
                   in the European Court Reports)                                                      (2003/C 55/02)
                                                                                                (Language of the case: German)
In Case C-334/99, Federal Republic of Germany (Agent:                        (Provisional translation; the definitive translation will be published
C.-D. Quassowski, assisted by J. Sedemund) v Commission of                                      in the European Court Reports)
the European Communities (Agents: D. Triantafyllou and
K.-D. Borchardt): Application for annulment of Articles 4 to 7
of Commission Decision 1999/720/EC, ECSC of 8 July 1999                      In Case C-512/99, Federal Republic of Germany (Agents:
on State aid granted by Germany to Gröditzer Stahlwerke                      W.-D. Plessing and B. Muttelsee-Schön) v Commission of the
GmbH and its subsidiary Walzwerk Burg GmbH (OJ 1999                          European Communities (Agent: G. zur Hausen) supported by
L 292, p. 27), the Court, composed of: G.C. Rodríguez Iglesias,              Republic of Finland (Agents: T. Pynnä and E. Bygglin):
President, J.-P. Puissochet, M. Wathelet, R. Schintgen and                   Application for annulment of Commission Decision 1999/
C.W.A. Timmermans (Presidents of Chambers), C. Gulmann,                      836/EC of 26 October 1999 on the national provisions
D.A.O. Edward, A. La Pergola, V. Skouris (Rapporteur),                       concerning mineral wool notified by Germany derogating
S. von Bahr and J.N. Cunha Rodrigues, Judges; D. Ruiz-Jarabo                 from Directive 97/69/EC adapting to technical progress for
Colomer, Advocate General; H.A. Rühl, Principal Adminis-                     the 23rd time Council Directive 67/548/EEC on the approxi-
trator, for the Registrar, has given a judgment on 28 January                mation of the laws, regulations and administrative provisions
2003, in which it:                                                           relating to the classification, packaging and labelling of