CELEX: C1995/087/03
Language: en
Date: 1995-04-08 00:00:00
Title: JUDGMENT OF THE COURT (Sixth Chamber) of 23 February 1995 in Case C-349/93: Commission of the European Communities v. Italian Republic (State aid - Commission decision ordering recovery of aid - Non-compliance)

No C 87/2              EN                 Official Journal of the European Communities                                   8 . 4 . 95
 Economic Community and the Republic of Austria and                   obligations under the EEC Treaty and in particular under
 adopting provisions for their implementation (2), in                 Commission Decision 90/224/EEC of 24 May 1989 on aid
 particular Protocol 3 annexed thereto concerning the                 granted by the Italian Government to Aluminia and Comsal,
 definition of the concept of 'originating products' and              two State-owned undertakings in the aluminium
 methods of administrative cooperation — the Court (Fifth             industry (2) — the Court ( Sixth Chamber), composed of
 Chamber), composed of C. Gulmann, President of the                   F.A. Schockweiler (Rapporteur), President of the Chamber,
 Chamber, J.C. Moitinho de Almeida and D.A.O. Edward                  G.F. Mancini, C.N. Kakouris, J.L. Murray and G. Hirsch,
 ( Rapporteur), Judges; C.O. Lenz, Advocate-General; H. von          Judges; F.G. Jacobs, Advocate-General; R. Grass, Registrar,
 Holstein, Deputy Registrar, for the Registrar, gave a                gave a judgment on 23 February 1995, in which it:
judgment on 23 February 1995, the operative part of which
 is as follows:
                                                                      1 . declares that by not ordering the recovery of aid
                                                                             improperly paid in 1987 to the Aluminia undertaking
It is permissible to dispense with production of the                         and the Comsal undertaking, part of the EFIM group,
 documents mentioned in Title II of Protocol 3 to the                        the Italian Republic has failed to comply with its
EEC-Austria Agreement in the version contained in Council                    obligations under the EEC Treaty and in particular
Regulation (EEC) No 1598/88 of 24 May 1988 on the                            under Commission Decision 90/224/EEC of 24 May
application of Decision No 1 /88 of the EEC-Austria Joint                    1989 on aid granted by the Italian Government to
 Committee amending Protocol 3 concerning the definition                     Aluminia and Comsal, two State-owned undertakings in
of the concept of 'originating products ' and methods of                     the aluminium industry;
administrative cooperation, where the origin ofthe goods in
issue has been established beyond doubt on the basis of
objective evidence which could not have been manipulated              2. orders the Italian Republic to pay the costs.
or falsified by those involved, where both the importer and
the exporter concerned took the steps necessary to obtain             i 1 ) OJ No C 231 , 27. 8 . 1993 .
the documents referred to in the Protocol, and where it was           (2) OJ No L 118, 9. 5 . 1990, p. 42.
for reasons beyond their control, such as anticompetitive
conduct by other persons concerned contrary both to the
objective and the terms of the Agreement, that it was
impossible for them to produce those documents.
0 ) OJ No C 215, 10 . 8 . 1993 .
(2 ) OJ No L 300 , 31 . 12 . 1972, p. 1 .                                             JUDGMENT OF THE COURT
                                                                                            of 23 February 1995
                                                                     in Joined Cases C-358/93 and C-416/93 (references for a
                                                                     preliminary ruling from the Juzgado Central de lo Penal de
                                                                     la Audiencia Nacional): criminal proceedings against Aldo
                                                                     Bordessa and against Vicente Mari Mellado, Concepción
                                                                                             Barbero Maestre l 1 )
               JUDGMENT OF THE COURT                                  (Council Directive 88/361/EEC — National authorization
                         ( Sixth Chamber)                                   for the transfer of money in the form of banknotes)
                     of 23 February 1995                                                          ( 95/C 87/04 )
in    Case   C-349/93 : Commission of the European
             Communities v. Italian Republic (*)                                       (Language of the case: Spanish)
(State aid — Commission decision ordering recovery ofaid
                      — Non-compliance)
                                                                     (Provisional translation: the definitive translation will be
                            ( 95/C 87/03 )
                                                                                 published in the European Court Reports)
                (Language of the case: Italian)                      In Joined Cases C-358/93 and C-416/93 : references to the
                                                                     Court under Article 1 77 of the EEC Treaty from the Juzgado
(Provisional translation; the definitive translation will be         Central de lo Penal de la Audiencia Nacional (National High
         published in the European Court Reports)                    Court) for a preliminary ruling in the criminal proceedings
                                                                     pending before that court against Aldo Bordessa ( Case
                                                                     C-358/93 ) and Vicente Man Mellado, Conception Barbero
In Case C-349/93 : Commission of the European                        Maestre ( Case C-416/93 ) — on the interpretation of
Communities (Agents: Antonino Abate and Vittorio Di                  Articles 30 and 59 of the EEC Treaty, and Articles 1 and 4 of
Bucci ) v. Italian Republic (Agent: Luigi Ferrari Bravo) —           Council Directive 88/361/EEC of 24 June 1988 for the
application for a declaration that by not ordering the               implementation of Article 67 of the Treaty (2) — the Court,
repayment of aid improperly paid in 1987 to the Aluminia             composed of G.C. Rodriguez Iglesias, President, F.A.
undertaking and the Comsal undertaking, part of the EFIM             Schockweiler and P.J.G. Kapteyn ( Rapporteur), (Presidents
group, the Italian Republic has failed to comply with its            of Chambers ), G.F. Mancini, C.N. Kakouris, J.C. Moitinho