CELEX: C2003/275/01
Language: en
Date: 2003-11-15 00:00:00
Title: Judgment of the Court of 30 September 2003 in Case C-301/96: Federal Republic of Germany v Commission of the European Communities (State aid — Decision 96/666/EC — Compensation for the economic disadvantages caused by the division of Germany — Serious disturbance in the economy of a Member State — Regional economic development)

15.11.2003              EN                           Official Journal of the European Union                                               C 275/1
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                                                     COURT OF JUSTICE
                                                               COURT OF JUSTICE
                 JUDGMENT OF THE COURT                                       3.    Orders the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern
                                                                                   Ireland to bear its own costs.
                      of 30 September 2003
                                                                             (1) OJ C 336 of 9.11.1996.
in Case C-301/96: Federal Republic of Germany v Com-
          mission of the European Communities (1)
(State aid — Decision 96/666/EC — Compensation for the
economic disadvantages caused by the division of Germany                                      JUDGMENT OF THE COURT
— Serious disturbance in the economy of a Member State —
                Regional economic development)                                                          (Fifth Chamber)
                                                                                                      of 2 October 2003
                         (2003/C 275/01)
                                                                             in Case C-176/99 P: ARBED SA v Commission of the
                   (Language of the case: German)                                               European Communities (1)
                                                                             (Appeal — Agreements and concerted practices — European
(Provisional translation; the definitive translation will be published       producers of beams — Notification of the statement of
                   in the European Court Reports)                                                          objections)
                                                                                                        (2003/C 275/02)
In Case C-301/96, Federal Republic of Germany (Agents: W.-                                       (Language of the case: French)
D. Plessing and T. Oppermann) v Commission of the European
Communities (Agent: K.-D. Borchardt, assisted by M. Núñez                    (Provisional translation; the definitive translation will be published
Müller), supported by United Kingdom of Great Britain and                                       in the European Court Reports)
Northern Ireland (Agent: J.E. Collins): Application for partial
annulment of Commission Decision 96/666/EC of 26 June
1996 concerning aid granted by Germany to the Volkswagen                     In Case C-176/99 P, ARBED SA established in Luxembourg
Group in Mosel and Chemnitz (OJ 1996 L 308, p. 46), the
                                                                             (Luxembourg), (represented by A. Vandencasteele): Appeal
Court, composed of: G.C. Rodríguez Iglesias, President, J.-P.
                                                                             against the judgment of the Court of First Instance of the
Puissochet, M. Wathelet, R. Schintgen and C.W.A. Timmer-                     European Communities (Second Chamber, Extended Compo-
mans (Presidents of Chambers), D.A.O. Edward, P. Jann,                       sition) of 11 March 1999 in Case T-137/94 ARBED v
V. Skouris, F. Macken (Rapporteur), S. von Bahr and J.N. Cunha
                                                                             Commission [1999] ECR II-303, seeking to have that judgment
Rodrigues, Judges; J. Mischo, Advocate General; H.A. Rühl,
                                                                             set aside, the other party to the proceedings being: Commission
Principal Administrator, for the Registrar, has given a judgment             of the European Communities (Agents: J. Currall and W. Wils,
on 30 September 2003, in which it:                                           assisted by J.-Y. Art), the Court (Fifth Chamber), composed of:
                                                                             M. Wathelet, President of the Chamber, D.A.O. Edward, A. La
                                                                             Pergola, P. Jann (Rapporteur) and S. von Bahr, Judges; C. Stix-
1.   Dismisses the application;
                                                                             Hackl, Advocate General; M.-F. Contet, Principal Adminis-
                                                                             trator, for the Registrar, has given a judgment on 2 October
2.   Orders the Federal Republic of Germany to pay the costs;                2003, in which it: