CELEX: C2002/289/01
Language: en
Date: 2002-11-23 00:00:00
Title: Judgment of the Court (Sixth Chamber) of 26 September 2002 in Case C-351/98: Kingdom of Spain v Commission of the European Communities (State aid — Effect on competition and trade between Member States — De minimis rule — Sectoral guidelines and guidelines on aid for environmental protection — Horizontal aid with sectoral effects)

23.11.2002              EN                       Official Journal of the European Communities                                             C 289/1
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                                                     COURT OF JUSTICE
                                                               COURT OF JUSTICE
                 JUDGMENT OF THE COURT                                       2.    Orders the Commission of the European Communities to pay
                                                                                   the costs.
                         (Sixth Chamber)
                                                                             (1 ) OJ C 340 of 7.11.1998.
                      of 26 September 2002
in Case C-351/98: Kingdom of Spain v Commission of the
                   European Communities ( 1)
                                                                                              JUDGMENT OF THE COURT
(State aid — Effect on competition and trade between                                                   (Fifth Chamber)
Member States — De minimis rule — Sectoral guidelines
and guidelines on aid for environmental protection —                                                 of 3 October 2002
               Horizontal aid with sectoral effects)
                                                                             in Case C-136/00 (Reference for a preliminary ruling from
                          (2002/C 289/01)                                         the Kuopin hallinto-oikeus): Rolf Dieter Danner ( 1)
                                                                             (Voluntary pension insurance — Policy taken out with a
                   (Language of the case: Spanish)                           company in another Member State — Non-deductibility of
                                                                             contributions — Compatibility with Articles 6 and 59 of the
                                                                             EC Treaty (now, after amendment, Articles 12 EC and 49
(Provisional translation; the definitive translation will be published       EC), 60, 73b and 73d of the EC Treaty (now Articles 50 EC,
                   in the European Court Reports)                            56 EC and 58 EC), and 92 of the EC Treaty (now, after
                                                                                                amendment, Article 87 EC)
                                                                                                       (2002/C 289/02)
In Case C-351/98, Kingdom of Spain (Agent: R. Silva Lapuerta)
v Commission of the European Communities (Agents: J. Guerra                                     (Language of the case: Finnish)
Fernández and D. Triantafyllou): Application for partial annul-
ment of Commission Decision 98/693/EC of 1 July 1998                         (Provisional translation; the definitive translation will be published
concerning the Spanish Plan Renove Industrial system of aid                                     in the European Court Reports)
for the purchase of commercial vehicles (August 1994 —
December 1996) (OJ 1998 L 329, p. 23), the Court (Sixth
Chamber), composed of: F. Macken, President of the Chamber,
C. Gulmann, J.-P. Puissochet (Rapporteur), V. Skouris and                    In Case C-136/00: Reference to the Court under Article 234
J.N. Cunha Rodrigues, Judges; S. Alber, Advocate General;                    EC by the Kuopion Hallinto-Oikeus (Finland) for a preliminary
L. Hewlett, Principal Administrator, for the Registrar, has given            ruling in the proceedings brought by Rolf Dieter Danner, on
a judgment on 26 September 2002, in which it:                                the interpretation of Articles 6 and 59 of the EC Treaty (now,
                                                                             after amendment, Articles 12 EC and 49 EC), 60, 73b and 73d
                                                                             of the EC Treaty (now Articles 50 EC, 56 EC and 58 EC)
1.    Annuls Articles 3 and 4 of Commission Decision 98/693/EC               and 92 of the EC Treaty (now, after amendment, Article 87
      of 1 July 1998 concerning the Spanish Plan Renove Industrial           EC), the Court (Fifth Chamber), composed of: P. Jann, President
      system of aid for the purchase of commercial vehicles (August          of the Chamber, S. von Bahr, D.A.O. Edward, A. La Pergola
      1994 — December 1996);                                                 and M. Wathelet (Rapporteur), Judges; F.G. Jacobs, Advocate