CELEX: C2003/200/06
Language: en
Date: 2003-08-23 00:00:00
Title: Judgment of the Court of 3 July 2003 in Joined Cases C-83/01 P, C-93/01 P and C-94/01 P: Chronopost and Others (Appeal — State aid — Postal sector — Public undertaking entrusted with a service of general economic interest — Logistical and commercial assistance to a subsidiary not operating in a reserved sector — Concept of State aid — Criterion of private operator acting under normal market conditions)

C 200/4                 EN                            Official Journal of the European Union                                                23.8.2003
                  JUDGMENT OF THE COURT                                       2.    Refers the case back to the Court of First Instance;
                                                                              3.    Reserves the costs.
                            of 3 July 2003
                                                                              (1) OJ C 150 of 19.5.2001 of OJ C 134 of 5.5.2001.
in Joined Cases C-83/01 P, C-93/01 P and C-94/01 P:
                    Chronopost and Others (1)
(Appeal — State aid — Postal sector — Public undertaking
entrusted with a service of general economic interest —
Logistical and commercial assistance to a subsidiary not
operating in a reserved sector — Concept of State aid —
Criterion of private operator acting under normal market                                        JUDGMENT OF THE COURT
                              conditions)
                                                                                                         of 10 July 2003
                           (2003/C 200/06)
                                                                              in Case C-87/01 P: Commission of the European Commu-
                                                                              nities v Conseil des communes et régions d'Europe
                                                                                                            (CCRE) (1)
                     (Language of the case: French)
                                                                              (Appeal — Commission decision effecting set-off between
                                                                              two claims governed by separate legal orders — Set-off in
(Provisional translation; the definitive translation will be published in     disregard of the rules of national law governing one of the
                      the European Court Reports)                                                claims concerned — Illegality)
                                                                                                         (2003/C 200/07)
In Joined Cases C-83/01 P, C-93/01 P and C-94/01 P, Chrono-
post SA, established in Issy-les-Moulineaux (France), (repre-                                      (Language of the case: French)
sented by V. Bouaziz Torron and D. Berlin) (C-83/01 P),
LaPoste, established in Boulogne-Billancourt (France) (repre-
sented by H. Lehman) (C-94/01 P) French Republic (Agents:                     (Provisional translation; the definitive translation will be published in
G. de Bergues and F. Million) (C-93/01 P): Appeals against the                                      the European Court Reports)
judgment of the Court of First Instance of the European
Communities (Fourth Chamber, Extended Composition) of
14 December 2000 in Case T-613/97 Ufex and Others v
Commission [2000] ECR II-4055, seeking to have that judg-
ment set aside, the other parties to the proceedings being:                   In Case C-87/01 P, Commission of the European Communities
Union française de l'express (Ufex), established in Roissy-en-                (Agents: P. Oliver and H. M. H. Speyart): Appeal against the
France (France), DHL International, established in Roissy-en-                 judgment of the Court of First Instance of the European
France, Federal express international (France) SNC, established               Communities (Fourth Chamber) of 14 December 2000 in
in Gennevilliers (France), CRIE SA established in Asnières                    Case T-105/99 CEMR v Commission [2000] ECR II-4099,
(France) (represented by E. Morgan de Rivery and J. Derenne)                  seeking to have that judgment set aside, the other party to
and Commission of the European Communities, the Court,                        the proceedings being: Conseil des communes et régions d'Eu-
composed of: G. C. Rodríguez Iglesias, President, J.-                         rope (CCRE), established in Paris (France) (represented by
P. Puissochet and M. Wathelet (Rapporteur) (Presidents of                     F. Herbert and F. Renard), the Court, composed of:
Chambers), C. Gulmann, D. A. O. Edward, P. Jann, V. Skouris,                  G. C. Rodríguez Iglesias, President, M. Wathelet and
F. Macken, N. Colneric, S. von Bahr and A. Rosas, Judges;                     R. Schintgen (Presidents of Chambers), C. Gulmann, A. La
A. Tizzano, Advocate General; M.-F. Contet, Principal Admin-                  Pergola (Rapporteur), P. Jann, V. Skouris, N. Colneric, S. von
istrator, for the Registrar, has given a judgment on 3 July                   Bahr, J. N. Cunha Rodrigues and A. Rosas, Judges; P. Léger,
2003, in which it:                                                            Advocate General; H. von Holstein, Deputy Registrar, has given
                                                                              a judgment on 10 July 2003, in which it:
1.    Sets aside the judgment of the Court of First Instance of the           1.    Sets aside the judgment of the Court of First Instance of the
      European Communities of 14 December 2000 in Case T-613/                       European Communities of 14 December 2000 in Case T-105/
      97 Ufex and Others v Commission;                                              99 CEMR v Commission;