CELEX: C1998/072/54
Language: en
Date: 1998-03-07 00:00:00
Title: Action brought on 5 January 1998 by Autotrasporti di Viola Claudio & C. SNC against the Commission of the European Communities (Case T-6/98)

C 72/24               EN                 Official Journal of the European Communities                                     7.3.98
The applicant claims that the Court should:                         Pleas in law and main arguments adduced in support:
Ð annul Commission Decision C(97) 2735 final of                     The pleas in law and main arguments are similar to those
     30 July 1997,                                                  relied upon in Case T-288/97 Regione Friuli-Venezia
                                                                    Giulia v. Commission (1).
Ð in the alternative, annul Article 5 of that Decision              (1) OJ C 7, 10.1.1998, p. 25.
     inasmuch as it requires the Member State to recover
     the aid (granted as from 1 July 1990), together with
     the interest accrued as from the date on which the aid
     was paid,
Ð in any event, order the Commission of the European
                                                                    Action brought on 5 January 1998 by Siderca SAIC
     Communities to pay the costs.
                                                                       against the Commission of the European Communities
                                                                                             (Case T-8/98)
Pleas in law and main arguments adduced in support:
                                                                                              (98/C 72/55)
The pleas in law and main arguments are similar to those                           (Language of the case: English)
relied upon in Case T-288/97 Regione Friuli-Venezia
Giulia v. Commission (1).
                                                                    An action against the Commission of the European
(1) OJ C 7, 10.1.1998, p. 25.                                       Communities was brought before the Court of First
                                                                    Instance of the European Communities on 5 January 1998
                                                                    by Siderca SAIC, represented by Ian S. Forrester QC and
                                                                    Lord Lester of Herne Hill, with an address for service in
                                                                    Luxembourg at the Chambers of Aloyse May, 31,
                                                                    Grand'Rue.
Action brought on 5 January 1998 by Autotrasporti di
                                                                    The applicant claims that the Court should:
Viola Claudio & C. SNC against the Commission of the
                    European Communities
                         (Case T-6/98)                              Ð annul in whole or in part the Commission's Decision
                                                                         of 6 October 1997 addressed to Siderca SAIC,
                          (98/C 72/54)
                                                                    Ð take such other or further action as justice may
                (Language of the case: Italian)                          require, and
An action against the Commission of the European                    Ð order the Commission to pay the costs.
Communities was brought before the Court of First
Instance of the European Communities on 5 January 1998
by Autotrasporti di Viola Claudio & C. SNC, represented             Pleas in law and main arguments adduced in support:
by Claudio Mussato, of the Udine Bar, with an address for
service at 4 Via Dante, Udine.
                                                                    The shares in the applicant's company, a major Argentine
                                                                    manufacturer of oil company tubular goods and
The applicant claims that the Court should:                         mechanical pipe and tube, are ultimately held by the
                                                                    holding company San Faustin NV. The applicant acquired
                                                                    in 1993, through a wholly-owned subsidiary, a 27 % (later
Ð annul Commission Decision C(97) 2735 final of                     increased to 30 %) interest in Tubos de Acero de Mexico
     30 July 1997,                                                  SA (TAMSA), Mexico's only producers of oil company
                                                                    tubular goods.
Ð in the alternative, annul Article 5 of that Decision
     inasmuch as it requires the Member State to recover            Dalmine (1) is a former subsidiary of the Italian State steel
     the aid (granted as from 1 July 1990), together with           company Ilva, and manufactures a wide range of pipe and
     the interest accrued as from the date on which the aid         tube products. The applicant holds, via a wholly owned
     was paid,                                                      subsidiary, 47 % of the shares in Dalmine, in which it
                                                                    acquired an interest in 1996. The defendant is
                                                                    investigating allegations of a cartel among EU steel pipe
Ð in any event, order the Commission of the European                and tube producers going back to the early 1980s and the
     Communities to pay the costs.                                  possibility that, in addition to the core of European