CELEX: C2000/020/52
Language: en
Date: 2000-01-22 00:00:00
Title: Case T-250/99: Action brought on 22 October 1999 by Shell Nederland Verkoopmaatschappĳ B.V. against the Commission of the European Communities

C 20/26               EN                      Official Journal of the European Communities                                     22.1.2000
— The relevant legislation and the public service contracts              Pleas in law and main arguments
    of the Tirrenia Group companies were notified to the
    Commission and authorised by the Commission, specifi-
    cally in the case of Law No 856/86 and by implication as             This case corresponds to Case T-210/99. The applicant pleads
    regards the agreements between the State and those                   infringement of the principle of respect for the rights of the
    companies and the underlying legislation. For that reason,           defence, since it has been given no opportunity to put forward
    it is submitted that the rule in Lorenz, now embodied in             its views concerning the facts on which the decision is based.
    Article 4(6) of Regulation No 659/99, has been infringed.            For the rest, the pleas in law and main arguments correspond
                                                                         to those in Case T-242/99.
— The essential features of the PSOs and the payments
    relating to them ante-date the EC Treaty.
                                                                         (1) OJ L 280 of 30.10.1999, p. 87.
    Finally, the applicants also allege misuse of powers,
    thorough failure to examine the case properly, and breach
    of the principle of the protection of legitimate expectations.
                                                                         Action brought on 22 October 1999 by Texaco Nederland
                                                                         B.V., Schreurs Oliemaatschappij B.V., Salland Oliemaat-
                                                                         schappij B.V. and Nijol Oliemaatschappij B.V. against the
                                                                                  Commission of the European Communities
Action brought on 22 October 1999 by Shell Nederland
Verkoopmaatschappij B.V. against the Commission of the
                    European Communities                                                         (Case T-251/99)
                         (Case T-250/99)
                                                                                                  (2000/C 20/53)
                          (2000/C 20/52)
                                                                                            (Language of the case: Dutch)
                   (Language of the case: Dutch)
                                                                         An action against the Commission of the European Communi-
                                                                         ties was brought before the Court of First Instance of the
An action against the Commission of the European Communi-                European Communities on 22 October 1999 by Texaco
ties was brought before the Court of First Instance of the               Nederland B.V., Schreurs Oliemaatschappij B.V., Salland Olie-
European Communities on 22 October 1999 by Shell Neder-                  maatschappij B.V. and Nijol Oliemaatschappij B.V., respect-
land Verkoopmaatschappij B.V., of Rotterdam (Netherlands),               ively established in Rotterdam, Venlo, Hasselt and Nijmegen
represented by T.M. Snoep and B. van der Gaag, of the Hague              (Netherlands), represented by H.G. Sevenster and E.P. Jorrits-
Bar, with an address for service in Luxembourg at the                    ma, of the Hague Bar, with an address for service in Luxem-
Chambers of M. Loesch, 11 Rue Goethe.                                    bourg at the Chambers of M. Loesch, 11 Rue Goethe.
The applicant claims that the Court should:                              The applicants claim that the Court should:
(a) order the Commission of the European Communities to                  (a) order the Commission of the European Communities to
    give the applicant’s advisers access to its file relating to              give the applicant’s advisers access to its file relating to
    its decision of 20 July 1999 (C(1999) 2539 final) (1)                     its decision of 20 July 1999 (C(1999) 2539 final) (1)
    concerning State aid granted by the Netherlands to 633                    concerning State aid granted by the Netherlands to 633
    service stations in the region bordering Germany, and                     service stations in the region bordering Germany, and
    order the adoption of all such further measures as may be                 order the adoption of all such further measures as may be
    necessary;                                                                necessary;
(b) annul Articles 2 and 3 of the Commission’s decision of               (b) annul Articles 2 and 3 of the Commission’s decision of
    20 July 1999 [C(1999) 2539 final);                                        20 July 1999 (C(1999) 2539 final);
(c) order the Commission to pay the costs.                               (c) order the Commission to pay the costs.