CELEX: C1999/100/33
Language: en
Date: 1999-04-10 00:00:00
Title: Judgment of the Court of First Instance of 11 February 1999 in Case T-86/96, Arbeitsgemeinschaft Deutscher Luftfahrt-Unternehmen v. Commission of the European Communities (State aid - Air transport - Tax measure - Action for annulment - Inadmissible)

10.4.1999             EN                 Official Journal of the European Communities                                  C 100/17
     potential risk to public health involved in the event of       Reference for a preliminary ruling by the Tribunal
     their proving to be unreliable, of a registration              Administratif de Paris by decision of 9 December 1998 in
     procedure which necessitates the compilation of a              the case of Gascogne Limousin Viandes SA v. Office
     substantial amount of documentation by the                     National Interprofessionnel des Viandes, de l'EÂlevage et de
     manufacturer, the importer or the distributor and                                  l'Aviculture (OFIVAL)
     which delays the placing of the reagent on the market,
     constitutes a measure having equivalent effect to a                                    (Case C-56/99)
     quantitative restriction on imports which, having                                     (1999/C 100/32)
     regard to its disproportionate nature, is not justified
     on grounds of the protection of health and life of
     humans under Article 36 of the EC Treaty.                      Reference has been made to the Court of Justice of the
                                                                    European Communities by decision of 9 December 1998
                                                                    by the Tribunal Administratif de Paris (Administrative
2. Article 5 of the Decree provides that the
                                                                    Court, Paris), which was received at the Court Registry
     accompanying notice, the primary packaging and the
                                                                    on 19 February 1999, for a preliminary ruling in the case
     external packaging of each reagent are to state the
                                                                    of Gascogne Limousin Viandes SA v. Office National
     registration with the medicinal products agency. The
                                                                    Interprofessionel des Viandes, de l'EÂlevage et de
     Commission       considers   that    that    requirement
                                                                    l'Aviculture (OFIVAL) on the following question:
     constitutes an unjustified restriction on intra-
     Community trade within the meaning of Article 30 of
     the EC Treaty.                                                 Do the provisions in Article 40 of the Treaty of 25 March
                                                                    1957 preclude the adoption of aid measures benefiting
(1) JORF of 26.4.1996, p. 6386.                                     products distinguished according to criteria established at
                                                                    national level where those products may be marketed in
                                                                    all of the Community Member States?
                                                   COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE
  JUDGMENT OF THE COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE                           Rechtsanwalt, Hamburg, with an address for service in
                                                                    Luxembourg at the Chambers of Marc Baden, 34b Rue
                     of 11 February 1999                            Philippe II, v. Commission of the European Communities
in Case T-86/96, Arbeitsgemeinschaft Deutscher Luft-                (Agents: Anders Jessen, Paul Nemitz, Hans-Jürgen Rabe
fahrt-Unternehmen v. Commission of the European                     and Georg M. Berrisch) Ð application for annulment of
                        Communities (1)                             Commission Decision 96/369/EC of 13 March 1996
                                                                    concerning fiscal aid given to German airlines in the form
(State aid Ð Air transport Ð Tax measure Ð Action for               of a depreciation facility (OJ L 146, 20.6.1996, p. 42) Ð
                  annulment Ð Inadmissible)                         the Court of First Instance (Fifth Chamber, Extended
                                                                    Composition), composed of: J. D. Cooke, President, R.
                       (1999/C 100/33)
                                                                    García-Valdecasas, P. Lindh, J. Pirrung and M. Vilaras,
                                                                    Judges; J. Palacio GonzaÂlez, Administrator, for the
                                                                    Registrar, has given a judgment on 11 February 1999, in
                (Language of the case: German)                      which it:
In Case T-86/96: Arbeitsgemeinschaft Deutscher Luftfahrt-           1. Dismisses the action as inadmissible.
Unternehmen, established in Bonn and comprising the
following members: Aero Lloyd Flugreisen GmbH & Co.
Luftverkehrs-KG, established in Oberursel (Germany), Air
Berlin GmbH & Co. Luftverkehrs KG, established in                   2. Orders the applicants jointly and severally to pay the
Berlin, Condor Flugdienst GmbH, established in                           costs.
Kelsterbach (Germany), Germania Fluggesellschaft mbH,
established in Berlin, Hapag-Lloyd Fluggesellschaft mbH,
                                                                    (1) OJ C 233, 10.8.1996.
established in Langenhagen (Germany), LTU Lufttransport
Unternehmen GmbH & Co. KG, established in Düsseldorf
(Germany), and Hapag-Lloyd Fluggesellschaft mbH,
established in Langenhagen, represented by Gerrit Schohe,