CELEX: C2006/048/01
Language: en
Date: 2006-02-25 00:00:00
Title: Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber) of  15 December 2005  in Case C-66/02: Italian Republic v Commission of the European Communities (Application for annulment — State aid — Decision 2002/581/EC — Tax advantages granted to banks — Statement of reasons for a decision — Categorisation as State aid — Conditions — Compatibility with the common market — Conditions — Important project of common European interest — Development of certain activities)

25.2.2006   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 48/1
            
         
      JUDGMENT OF THE COURT
   
   (Second Chamber)
   of 15 December 2005
   in Case C-66/02: Italian Republic v Commission of the European Communities (1)
   
   (Application for annulment - State aid - Decision 2002/581/EC - Tax advantages granted to banks - Statement of reasons for a decision - Categorisation as State aid - Conditions - Compatibility with the common market - Conditions - Important project of common European interest - Development of certain activities)
   (2006/C 48/01)
   Language of the case: Italian
   In Case C-66/02, Italian Republic (Agents: initially U. Leanza, and subsequently I. M. Braguglia; Lawyer: M. Fiorilli) v Commission of the European Communities (Agents: V. Di Bucci and R. Lyal) — action for annulment under Article 230 EC, brought on 21 February 2002 — the Court (Second Chamber), composed of C. W. A. Timmermans, President of the Chamber, C. Gulmann (Rapporteur), R. Schintgen, G. Arestis and J. Klučka, Judges; C. Stix-Hackl, Advocate General; M. Ferreira, Principal Administrator, for the Registrar, gave a judgment on 15 December 2005, in which it:
   
               1.
            
            
               Dismisses the action;
            
         
               2.
            
            
               Orders the Italian Republic to pay the costs.
            
         
      (1)  OJ C 109 of 04.05.2002.