CELEX: C2007/140/29
Language: en
Date: 2007-06-23 00:00:00
Title: Case T-357/02: Judgment of the Court of First Instance of 3 May 2007 — Freistaat Sachsen v Commission (State aid — Aid granted by the authorities of the Free State of Saxony — Aid scheme for small and medium-sized enterprises — Accelerated clearance procedure — Application ratione temporis of the Community guidelines and of the exempting regulation concerning aid to small and medium-sized enterprises — Aid scheme notified before the entry into force of the exempting regulation — Legitimate expectations — Legal certainty — Complete notification)

23.6.2007   
            
            
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               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 140/19
            
         Judgment of the Court of First Instance of 3 May 2007 — Freistaat Sachsen v Commission
   (Case T-357/02) (1)
   
   (State aid - Aid granted by the authorities of the Free State of Saxony - Aid scheme for small and medium-sized enterprises - Accelerated clearance procedure - Application ratione temporis of the Community guidelines and of the exempting regulation concerning aid to small and medium-sized enterprises - Aid scheme notified before the entry into force of the exempting regulation - Legitimate expectations - Legal certainty - Complete notification)
   (2007/C 140/29)
   Language of the case: German
   Parties
   
      Applicant: Freistaat Sachsen (Germany) (represented by: T. Lübbig, lawyer)
   
      Defendant: Commission of the European Communities (represented by: V. Kreuschitz and J. Flett, Agents)
   Re:
   Action for annulment of the second paragraph of Article 2 and of Articles 3 and 4 of Commission Decision 2003/226/EC of 24 September 2002 on an aid scheme which the Federal Republic of Germany is planning to implement — ‘Guidelines on assistance for SMEs — Improving business efficiency in Saxony’: Subprogrammes 1 (Coaching), 4 (Participation in fairs), 5 (Cooperation) and 7 (Design promotion) (OJ 2003 L 91, p. 13),
   Operative part of the judgment
   The Court:
   
               1.
            
            
               Annuls the second paragraph of Article 2 and Articles 3 and 4 of Commission Decision 2003/226/EC of 24 September 2002 on an aid scheme which the Federal Republic of Germany is planning to implement — ‘Guidelines on assistance for SMEs — Improving business efficiency in Saxony’: Subprogrammes 1 (Coaching), 4 (Participation in fairs), 5 (Cooperation) and 7 (Design promotion);
            
         
               2.
            
            
               Orders the Commission of the European Communities to pay the costs.
            
         
      (1)  OJ C 31, 8.2.2003.