CELEX: C2001/079/01
Language: en
Date: 2001-03-10 00:00:00
Title: Judgment of the Court (Sixth Chamber) of 23 November 2000 in Case C-441/97 P: Wirtschaftsvereinigung Stahl and Others v Commission of the European Communities and Others (Appeal — ECSC — Commission Decision No 3855/91/ECSC (Fifth Aid Code) — State aid for steel undertakings in the Italian public sector — Misuse of powers — Principle of non-discrimination — Principle of necessity)

10.3.2001               EN                      Official Journal of the European Communities                                            C 79/1
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                                                     COURT OF JUSTICE
                                                               COURT OF JUSTICE
                 JUDGMENT OF THE COURT                                       and Ilva Laminati Piani SpA, established in Rome, Italy, — the
                                                                             Court (Sixth Chamber), composed of: C. Gulmann, President
                         (Sixth Chamber)                                     of the Chamber, J.-P. Puissochet (Rapporteur), and F. Macken,
                                                                             Judges; N. Fennelly, Advocate General; L. Hewlett, Adminis-
                      of 23 November 2000                                    trator, for the Registrar, has given a judgment on 23 November
                                                                             2000, in which it:
in Case C-441/97 P: Wirtschaftsvereinigung Stahl and                         1.    Dismisses the appeal;
Others v Commission of the European Communities and
                             Others (1)                                      2.    Orders Wirtschaftsvereinigung Stahl, Thyssen Stahl AG, Preus-
                                                                                   sag Stahl AG and Hoogovens Staal BV to pay the costs;
(Appeal — ECSC — Commission Decision No 3855/
91/ECSC (Fifth Aid Code) — State aid for steel undertakings                  3.    Orders the Italian Republic and the Council of the European
in the Italian public sector — Misuse of powers — Principle                        Union to bear their own costs.
        of non-discrimination — Principle of necessity)
                                                                             (1) OJ C 94 of 28.3.1998.
                          (2001/C 79/01)
                   (Language of the case: German)
(Provisional translation; the definitive translation will be published
                   in the European Court Reports)                                             JUDGMENT OF THE COURT
In Case C-441/98 P: Wirtschaftsvereinigung Stahl, established                                        (Sixth Chamber)
in Düsseldorf (Germany), Thyssen Stahl AG, established in
Duisburg (Germany), Preussag Stahl AG, established in Salzgitt-                                   of 23 November 2000
er (Germany), and Hoogovens Staal BV, formerly Hoogovens
Groep BV, established in IJmuiden (Netherlands), represented                 in Case C-1/98 P: British Steel plc v Commission of the
by J. Sedemund, Rechtsanwalt, Berlin, and, in the case of                                European Communities and Others (1)
Hoogovens Staal BV, by E.H. Pijnacker Hordijk, of the Brussels
Bar, with an address for service in Luxembourg at the                        (Appeal — ECSC — Commission Decision No 3855/
Chambers of A. May, of the Luxembourg Bar, 398 Route                         91/ECSC (Fifth Aid Code) — Individual Commission
d’Esch — appeal against the judgment of the Court of First                   decisions authorising State aid for steel undertakings —
Instance of 24 October 1997 in Case T-244/94 Wirtschaftsver-                  Competence of the Commission — Legitimate expectations)
einigung Stahl and Others v Commission [1997] ECR II-1963,
in which the Court of First Instance dismissed their action for                                        (2001/C 79/02)
the annulment of Commission Decision 94/259/ECSC of
12 April 1994 concerning aid to be granted by Italy to the
public steel sector (Ilva group) (OJ 1994 L 112, p. 64), the                                    (Language of the case: English)
other parties to the proceedings being: Commission of the
European Communities (Agent: P.F. Nemitz) Italian Republic                   In Case CA/98 P: British Steel plc (now Corus UK Ltd),
(Agent: Professor U. Leanza, assisted by P.G. Ferri), Council of             established in London, United Kingdom, represented by
the European Union, (Agents: S. Marquardt and A.P. Feeney)                   R. Plender QC, instructed by W. Sibree, Solicitor, with an