CELEX: C2005/171/36
Language: en
Date: 2005-07-09 00:00:00
Title: 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)

9.7.2005   
            
            
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               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 171/20
            
         
      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 T-276/00, T-281/00, T-287/00 and T-296/00, Gruppo ormeggiatori 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, established 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, Portabagagli 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-243/00, Abibes SpA, established in Venice, represented by G. Orsoni, G. Simeone and A. Schmitt, lawyers, with an address for service in Luxembourg, applicant in Case T-245/00, Fluvio Padana Srl, established in Venice, represented by 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 G. Orsoni, A. Pavanini and A. Schmitt, lawyers, with an 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, represented by G. Orsoni, A. Pavanini 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, established 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, Fondamente nuove servizio taxi e noleggio, Soc. coop. rl, Bucintoro motoscafi servizio taxi e noleggio Soc. coop. rl, established in Venice, represented by R. Vianello, A. Bortoluzzi and C. Montagner, lawyers, with an address for service in Luxembourg, applicants in Case T-257/00, Multiservice Srl, established in Venice, represented by A. Bortoluzzi and C. Montagner, lawyers, with an address for service in Luxembourg, 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 Luxembourg, 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, Cooperativa Daniele Manin fra gondolieri di Venezia 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-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 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 Venice, represented by A. Bianchini, lawyer, with an address for service in Luxembourg, applicant in Case T-276/00, Cooperativa trasbagagli Soc. coop. rl, established in Venice, represented by A. Bianchini, lawyer, with an address for service in Luxembourg, applicant in Case T-281/00, Cooperativa fra 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 braccianti mercato ittico ‘Tronchetto’ Soc. coop. rl, established in Venice, represented by A. Bianchini, lawyer, with an address for service in Luxembourg, applicant 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:
   
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               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.
            
         
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               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.
            
         
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               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 Cooperativa traghetto S. Lucia Soc. coop. rl (Case T-265/00) and Verde sport SpA (Case T-274/00).
            
         
               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 Comitato ‘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.
            
         
               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.
            
         
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               The remainder of the costs are reserved in Cases T-265/00 and T-274/00.
            
         
      (1)  OJ C 302 of 21.10.2000.