CELEX: 62008TA0579
Language: en
Date: 2011-10-20 00:00:00
Title: Case T-579/08: Judgment of the General Court of 20 October 2011 — Eridania Sadam v Commission (State aid — Measures by the Italian authorities aimed at compensating for the losses suffered by the sugar refinery Villasor (Italy) following a drought — Decision declaring the aid incompatible with the common market — Obligation to state reasons — Guidelines for State aid in the agricultural sector)

3.12.2011   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 355/15
            
         Judgment of the General Court of 20 October 2011 — Eridania Sadam v Commission
   (Case T-579/08) (1)
   
   (State aid - Measures by the Italian authorities aimed at compensating for the losses suffered by the sugar refinery Villasor (Italy) following a drought - Decision declaring the aid incompatible with the common market - Obligation to state reasons - Guidelines for State aid in the agricultural sector)
   2011/C 355/25
   Language of the case: Italian
   
      Parties
   
   
      Applicant: Eridania Sadam SpA (Bologna, Italy) (represented by: G.M. Roberti, I. Perego, B. Amabile and M. Serpone, lawyers)
   
      Defendant: European Commission (represented by: R. Rossi and B. Stromsky, Agents)
   
      Re:
   
   Application for annulment of Commission Decision 2009/704/EC of 16 July 2008 relating to State aid C 29/2004 (ex N 328/2003) that Italy is considering granting to the Villasor sugar refinery owned by Sadam ISZ (OJ 2009 L 244, p. 10).
   
      Operative part of the judgment
   
   The Court:
   
               1.
            
            
               Dismisses the action;
            
         
               2.
            
            
               Orders Eridania SpA to bear its own costs and to pay those incurred by the European Commission.
            
         
      (1)  OJ C 44, 21.2.2009.