CELEX: C2000/047/55
Language: en
Date: 2000-02-19 00:00:00
Title: Cases T-279/99 to T-284/99: Actions brought on 27 October 1999 by De Haan Minerale Oliën B.V. and Others against the Commission of the European Communities

19.2.2000                EN                     Official Journal of the European Communities                                        C 47/31
Antonio Creus Carreras and Begoña Uriarte Valiente, of                    of an ‘undertaking’. Each service station or, as the case may be,
the Barcelona and Madrid Bars respectively, of Cuatrecasas                 each legal entity operating a service station should be regarded
Abogados, 60 Av. de Cortenbergh, Brussels.                                 as an undertaking, with the result that the aid granted to each
                                                                           applicant therefor or, as the case may be, to each service
                                                                           station in the present case — which does not exceed the
The applicant claims that the Court of First Instance should:              amount specified in the de minimis rule — falls outside the
                                                                           scope of Article 87(1) EC. Consequently, that provision cannot
— Annul the Commission decision of 14 July 1999 in so far                  be applicable, since the aid in question serves in any event to
     as it classifies as State aid within the meaning of Article 87        maintain competition.
     EC the tax credit provided for in Norma Foral de Bizkaia
     (Biscay Regional Law) No 7/1996 of 26 December 1996
     and the subsequent extension thereof;
                                                                           (1) OJ L 280 of 30.10.1999, p. 87.
— Order the Commission to pay the costs in their entirety.
Contentions and principal arguments adduced in support
The applicant’s contentions are the same as those put forward
in Case T-269/99.
                                                                           Actions brought on 27 October 1999 by De Haan
                                                                           Minerale Oliën B.V. and Others against the Commission
                                                                                           of the European Communities
                                                                                            (Cases T-279/99 to T-284/99)
                                                                                                   (2000/C 47/55)
Actions brought on 27 October 1999 by Autoservice J.
van Deursen B.V. and Others against the Commission of
                    the European Communities
                                                                                              (Language of the case: Dutch)
                   (Cases T-273/99 to T-278/99)
                                                                           Actions against the Commission of the European Communities
                                                                           were brought before the Court of First Instance of the European
                            (2000/C 47/54)                                 Communities on 27 October 1999 by De Haan Minerale Oliën
                                                                           B.V., of Alblasserdam (Netherlands), and others, represented
                                                                           by M.J.C. Deriks, of the Rotterdam Bar.
                      (Language of the case: Dutch)
                                                                           The applicants claim that the Court should:
Actions against the Commission of the European Communities
were brought before the Court of First Instance of the European            (a) annul the Commission’s decision (C(1999) 2539 final) (1)
Communities on 27 October 1999 by Autoservice J. van                            of 20 July 1999 concerning State aid granted by the
Deursen B.V., of Budel-Schoot (Netherlands), and others,                        Netherlands to 633 service stations in the region bordering
represented by M.J.C. Deriks, of the Rotterdam Bar.                             Germany;
The applicants claim that the Court should:                                (b) order the Commission to pay the costs.
(a) annul the Commission’s decision (C(1999) 2539 final) (1)
     of 20 July 1999 concerning State aid granted by the                   Pleas in law and main arguments
     Netherlands to 633 service stations in the region bordering
     Germany;
                                                                           The pleas in law and main arguments are the same as in Cases
(b) order the Commission to pay the costs.                                 T-273/99 to T-278/99.
Pleas in law and main arguments                                            (1) OJ L 280 of 30.10.1999, p. 87.
This case corresponds to Case T-210/99. The applicants claim
inter alia that the Commission has misinterpreted the concept