CELEX: C2001/161/28
Language: en
Date: 2001-06-02 00:00:00
Title: Judgment of the Court of First Instance of 6 March 2001 in Case T-331/94: IPK-München GmbH v the Commission of the European Communities (Financial assistance for an ecological tourism project — Interference by the Commission — Delay in carrying out the project — Reduction of assistance)

2.6.2001                EN                       Official Journal of the European Communities                                          C 161/13
                                                           COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE
    JUDGMENT OF THE COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE                                     JUDGMENT OF THE COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE
                          of 6 March 2001                                                           of 21 March 2001
                                                                            in Case T-69/96 Hamburger Hafen- und Lagerhaus Aktien-
in Case T-331/94: IPK-München GmbH v the Commission                         gesellschaft and Others v Commission of the European
                of the European Communities (1)                                                      Communities (1)
(Financial assistance for an ecological tourism project —                   (State aid — Aid for investment in equipment in the
Interference by the Commission — Delay in carrying out the                  combined transport sector — Article 93 of the EC Treaty
                project — Reduction of assistance)                          (now Article 88 EC) — Action for annulment — Admissi-
                                                                                                            bility)
                          (2001/C 161/28)
                                                                                                     (2001/C 161/29)
                    (Language of the case: German)
                                                                                               (Language of the case: German)
In Case T-331/94 IPK-München GmbH, established in Munich                    In Case T-69/96 Hamburger Hafen- und Lagerhaus Aktienge-
(Germany), represented by H.-J. Prieß, avocat, against the                  sellschaft, established in Hamburg (Germany), Zentralverband
Commission of the European Communities (Agent: J. Grun-                     der Deutschen Seehafenbetriebe eV, established in Hamburg,
wald) — application for annulment of the Commission’s                       and Unternehmensverband Hafen Hamburg eV, established in
decision of 3 August 1994 not to pay the balance of financial               Hamburg, represented by E.A. Undritz and G. Schohe, avocats,
assistance granted to the applicant in connection with a project            with an address for service in Luxembourg, against Com-
to create a databank on ecological tourism in Europe — the                  mission of the European Communities (Agents P.F. Nemitz) —
Court of First Instance (Third Chamber), composed of: J. Azizi,             application for annulment of the Commission’s decisions,
President, K. Lenaerts and M. Jaeger, Judges; J. Palacio González,         communicated to the Netherlands Government on 25 October
Administrator, for the Registrar, has given a judgment on                   and 6 December 1995, concerning planned State aids
6 March 2001, in which it:                                                  Nos 618/95 and 484/95 — the Court of First Instance (Fourth
                                                                            Chamber, Extended Composition), composed of V. Tiili,
                                                                            President, P. Lindh, R.M. Moura Ramos, J.D. Cooke and
1.    Annuls the Commission’s decision of 3 August 1994 not to              P. Mengozzi, Judges; J. Palacio González, Administrator, for
      pay the balance of financial assistance granted to the applicant      the Registrar, has given a judgment on 21 March 2001, in
      in connection with a project to create a databank on ecological       which it:
      tourism in Europe;
                                                                            1.    Dismisses the application as inadmissible;
2.    Orders the Commission to bear its own costs and to pay all the
      costs incurred by the applicant before the Court of First Instance
      and the Court of Justice.                                             2.    Orders the applicants to bear their own costs and those incurred
                                                                                  by the Commission.
(1) OJ C 370 of 24.12.1994.
                                                                            (1) OJ C 210 of 20.7.96.