CELEX: C1996/354/50
Language: en
Date: 1996-11-23 00:00:00
Title: JUDGMENT OF THE COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE of 22 October 1996 in Case T-266/94: Foreningen af Jernskibs- og Maskinbyggerier i Danmark, Skibsværftsforeningen and Others v. Commission of the European Communities (State aids - Shipbuilding - Exceptional rules - Shipyards in the former German Democratic Republic)

23 . 11 . 96          EN                 Official Journal of the European Communities                               No C 354 /25
JUDGMENT OF THE COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE                             ( Denmark ), 0rskov Christensens Staalskibsværft A/S,
                     of 16 October 1996                             established in Frederikshavn ( Denmark ), Aarhus Flydedok
                                                                    A/S , established in Århus ( Denmark ), represented by
in Case T-378/94: Josephus Knijff v. Court of Auditors of           Jan-Erik Svensson , of the Copenhagen Bar, with an address
                the European Communities (')                        for service in Luxembourg at the Chambers of Philippe
(Officials — Members of the temporary staff recruited in            Dupont, 8— 10 Rue Mathias Hardt, supported by the
consultation with the National Audit Institutions —                 Kingdom of Denmark ( Agent : Peter Biering ), against
           Application of the rules on their grading)               Commission of the European Communities ( Agents : Anders
                         ( 96/C 354/49 )                            Christian Jessen and Ben Smulders ), supported by the
                                                                    Federal Republic of Germany ( Agents : Ernst Röder, Bernd
                                                                    Kloke and , at the hearing, Michael Schütte ) and MTW
                (Language of the case: French)                      Schiffswerft GmbH ( formerly Meerestechnik Werft ),
                                                                    established in Wismar ( Germany ), represented by
In Case T-378/94 : Josephus Knijff, formerly a member of            Hans-Jürgen Rabe and Georg M. Berrisch , Rechtsanwälte ,
the temporary staff of the Court of Auditors of the                 Hamburg, with an address for service in Luxembourg at the
European Communities, residing at Assenois ( Belgium ),             Chambers of Francois Turk , 13B Avenue Guillaume —
represented by Jean-Paul Noesen , of the Luxembourg Bar,            application for annulment, in whole or in part, of the
with an address for service in Luxembourg at the latter's           Commission decision of 1 1 May 1 994 on the payment of the
Chambers at 18 , rue des Glacis v. Court of Auditors of the         second tranche of State aid to MTW Schiffswerft GmbH,
European Communities ( Agents : Jean-Marie Sténier, Jan             formerly Meerestechnik Werft — the Court of First Instance
Inghelram and Paolo Giusta ) — application for annulment            (Third Chamber , Extended Composition ), composed of
of the decision of 9 February 1994 refusing to adjust the           C. P. Briët, President, and B. Vesterdorf, P. Lindh , A.
applicant's grading, and of the decision of 29 August 1994          Potocki and J. D. Cooke, Judges; J. Palacio Gonzalez,
rejecting the complaint submitted by the applicant — the            Administrator, for the Registrar, has given a judgment on
Court of First Instance ( Fourth Chamber ), composed of K.          22 October 1996 , in which it:
Lenaerts , President, P. Lindh and J. D. Cooke , Judges; J.
Palacio Gonzalez, Administrator, for the Registrar, gave a
                                                                     1 . dismisses the application;
judgment on 16 October 1996 , the operative part of which
is as follows :
                                                                    2 . orders the applicants to pay the costs ofthe proceedings,
 1 . The application is dismissed.                                       including the costs incurred by the intervener, MTW;
2 . Each of the parties shall bear its own costs.                    3 . orders the Federal Republic of Germany and the
                                                                         Kingdom of Denmark to bear their own costs.
 (') OJ No C 380 , 31 . 12 . 1994 .
                                                                     (!) OJ No C 254 , 10 . 9 . 1994 .
 JUDGMENT OF THE COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE
                      of 22 October 1996
                                                                      JUDGMENT OF THE COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE
 in Case T-266/94 : Foreningen af Jernskibs- og                                          of 22 October 1996
 Maskinbyggerier i Danmark, Skibsværftsforeningen and
                                                                     in Case T-330/94 : Salt Union Ltd . v. Commission of the
    Others v. Commission of the European Communities ( ] )
                                                                                      European Communities (')
 (State aids — Shipbuilding — Exceptional rules —
    Shipyards in the former German Democratic Republic)              (State aid — Refusal of the Commission to propose
                                                                      'appropriate measures ' pursuant to Article 93 (1) of the
                            96/ C 354/50
                                                                          Treaty — Action for annulment — Inadmissible)
                                                                                               ( 96/C 354/51
                (Language of the case: English)
                                                                                   (Language of the case: English)
 In Case T-266/94 : Foreningen af Jernskibs- og
 Maskinbyggerier i Danmark, Skibsværftsforeningen,
 established in Copenhagen, Assens Skibsværft A/S,                   In Case T-330/94 : Salt Union Ltd ., established in Cheshire
 established in Assens ( Denmark ), Burmeister & Wain                ( United Kingdom ), represented by Jonathan Scott and Craig
 Skibsværft A/S , established in Copenhagen, Danyard A/S ,           Pouncey, Solicitors, with an address for service in
 established in Frederikshavn ( Denmark ), Fredericia                Luxembourg at the Chambers of Georges Baden , 8
 Skibsværft A/S , established in Fredericia ( Denmark ),             Boulevard Royal, supported by Verein Deutsche
 Odense Staalskibsværft A/S, established in Odense                    Salzindustrie eV, established in Bonn ( Germany ),
  ( Denmark ), Svendborg Værft A/S, established in Svendborg         represented by Thomas Jestaedt, Rechtsanwalt, Dusseldorf,