CELEX: C2004/300/16
Language: en
Date: 2004-12-04 00:00:00
Title: Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber) of 14 September 2004 in Case C-276/02: Kingdom of Spain v Commission of the European Communities (State aid — Definition — Non-payment of taxes and social security contributions by an undertaking — Attitude taken by the national authorities following a declaration of suspension of payments)

4.12.2004   
            
            
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               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 300/8
            
         
      JUDGMENT OF THE COURT
   
   (Second Chamber)
   of 14 September 2004
   in Case C-276/02: Kingdom of Spain v Commission of the European Communities (1)
   
   (State aid - Definition - Non-payment of taxes and social security contributions by an undertaking - Attitude taken by the national authorities following a declaration of suspension of payments)
   (2004/C 300/16)
   Language of the case: Spanish
   In Case C-276/02: action for annulment under Article 230 EC, brought before the Court on 23 July 2002, between Kingdom of Spain (Agent: S. Ortiz Vaamonde) and Commission of the European Communities (Agents: V. Kreuschitz and J.L. Buendía Sierra) — the Court (Second Chamber), composed of: C.W.A. Timmermans, President of the Chamber, C. Gulmann, J.-P. Puissochet (Rapporteur), J.N. Cunha Rodrigues and F. Macken, Judges; M. Poiares Maduro, Advocate General; R. Grass, Registrar, has given a judgment on 14 September 2004, in which it:
   
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               Annuls Commission Decision 2002/935/EC of 14 May 2002 on the State aid granted to Grupo de Empresas Álvarez.
            
         
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               Orders the Commission of the European Communities to pay the costs.
            
         
      (1)  OJ C 219 of 14.9.2002.