CELEX: 62007CA0290
Language: en
Date: 2010-09-02 00:00:00
Title: Case C-290/07 P: Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 2 September 2010 — European Commission v Scott SA, Département du Loiret, French Republic (Appeal — State aid — Preferential price for the purchase of developed land — Inquiry as to market value — Formal investigation procedure — Regulation (EC) No 659/1999 — Obligation to undertake a diligent and impartial examination — Scope of the Commission’s power freely to assess value — Costs method — Scope of review by the Courts)

23.10.2010   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 288/6
            
         
      Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 2 September 2010 — European Commission v Scott SA, Département du Loiret, French Republic
      (Case C-290/07 P) (1)
      
      (Appeal - State aid - Preferential price for the purchase of developed land - Inquiry as to market value - Formal investigation procedure - Regulation (EC) No 659/1999 - Obligation to undertake a diligent and impartial examination - Scope of the Commission’s power freely to assess value - Costs method - Scope of review by the Courts)
      (2010/C 288/11)
      Language of the case: English
      
         Parties
      
      
         Appellant: European Commission (represented by: J. Flett, acting as Agent)
      
         Other parties to the proceedings: Scott SA (represented by: J. Lever QC, R. Griffith and M. Papadakis, Solicitors, and by P. Gardner and G. Peretz, Barristers), Département du Loiret (represented by: A. Carnelutti, avocat), French Republic (represented by: G. de Bergues, S. Seam and F. Million, acting as Agents)
      
         Re:
      
      Appeal against the judgment of the First Chamber of the Court of First Instance delivered on 29 March 2007 in Case T-366/00 Scott SA v Commission of the European Communities by which the Court annulled Article 2 of Commission Decision 2002/14/EC of 12 July 2000 on the State aid granted by France to Scott Paper SA/Kimberley-Clark (OJ 2000 L 12, p. 1) in so far as it concerns aid granted in the form of a preferential land price referred to in Article 1 of the decision
      
         Operative part of the judgment
      
      The Court:
      
                  1.
               
               
                  Sets aside the judgment of the Court of First Instance of the European Communities of 29 March 2007 in Case T-366/00 Scott v Commission.
               
            
                  2.
               
               
                  Refers the case back to the General Court of the European Union.
               
            
                  3.
               
               
                  Reserves the costs.
               
            
         (1)  OJ C 183, 4.8.2007.