CELEX: C1997/199/16
Language: en
Date: 1997-06-28 00:00:00
Title: JUDGMENT OF THE COURT of 15 May 1997 in Case C-355/95 P: Textilwerke Deggendorf GmbH (TWD) v. Commission of the European Communities (State aid - Commission decisions suspending payment of certain aids until previous unlawful aid has been repaid)

28 . 6 . 97            EN                  Official Journal of the European Communities                                  No C 199/9
               JUDGMENT OF THE COURT                                  M. Stein, Bayerische Landesbank International SA, 7-9
                        (Fourth Chamber)                              Boulevard Royal — appeal against the judgment of the
                                                                      Court of First Instance of the European Communities
                         of 15 May 1997                               (Third Chamber, Extended Composition) of 13 September
in Case C-278/95 P: Siemens SA v. Commission of the                   1995 in Joined Cases T-244/93 and T-486/93 TWD v.
                   European Communities ( ')                          Commission [ 1995 ] ECR 11-2265 , seeking to have that
                                                                      judgment set aside, the other party to the proceedings
  (Appeal — State aid — General aid — Definition of aid)              being one Commission of the European Communities
                           ( 97/C 199/ 15                             (Agents: Paul F. Nemitz and Anders Jessen ) — the Court,
                                                                      composed of: G. C. Rodriguez Iglesias, President, G. F.
                                                                      Mancini, J. C. Moitinho de Almeida, J. L. Murray and
                 (Language of the case: French)                       L. Sevón, Presidents of Chambers, C. N. . Kakouris,
                                                                      P. J. G. Kapteyn, C. Gulmann, P. Jann ( Rapporteur),
  (Provisional translation; the definitive translation will be        H. Ragnemalm and M. Wathelet, Judges; G.Tesauro,
          published in the European Court Reports)                    Advocate-General; R. Grass, Registrar, has given a
                                                                      judgment on 15 May 1997, in which it:
In Case C-278/95 P: Siemens SA ( represented by Michel
Waelbroeck, Jules Stuyck and Olivier Speltdoorn) —                    I. dismisses the appeal;
appeal against the judgment of the Court of First Instance
of the European Communities ( Second Chamber ) of 8 June              2 . orders the appellant to pay the costs.
1995 in Case T-459/93 Siemens v. Commission [ 1995]
ECR 11-1675 , seeking to have that judgment set aside, the            (') OJ No C 31 , 3 . 2 . 1996 .
other party to the proceedings being Commission of the
European Communities (Agents : Jean-Paul Keppenne and,
subsequently, Gerard Rozet) — the Court ( Fourth
Chamber ), composed of: J. L. Murray, President of the
Chamber, P. J. G. Kapteyn, H. Ragnemalm ( Rapporteur ),
Judges; M. B. Elmer, Advocate-General; H. von Holstein,                             JUDGMENT OF THE COURT
Deputy Registrar, for the Registrar, has given a judgment
                                                                                                 (First Chamber)
on 15 May 1997, in which it:
                                                                                                of 15 May 1997
1 . dismisses the appeal;                                             in Case C-405/95 (reference for a preliminary ruling
                                                                      from ' the Finanzgericht München ): Bioforce GmbH v.
2 . orders Siemens to pay the costs.                                                Oberfinanzdirektion München (')
                                                                      (Common customs tariff — Heading 3004 — Echinacea
(') OJ No C 268 , 14 . 10 . 1995 .                                                              — Medicament)
                                                                                                   97/C 199/ 17
                                                                                     (Language of the case: German)
               JUDGMENT OF THE COURT                                    (Provisional translation; the definitive translation will be
                                                                               published in the European Court Reports)
                         of 15 May 1997
in Case C-3 55/95 P: Textilwerke Deggendorf GmbH                      In Case C-405/95 : reference to the Court under Article 177
  (TWD ) v. Commission of the European Communities ( ] )              of the EC Treaty from the Finanzgericht München
                                                                      ( Germany) for a preliminary ruling in the proceedings
(State aid — Commission decisions suspending payment of
                                                                      pending before that court between Bioforce GmbH and
   certain aids until previous unlawful aid has been repaid)
                                                                      Oberfinanzdirektion München — on the interpretation of
                             97/C 199/16 )                            headings 3004 and 2208 of Annex I to Commission
                                                                      Regulation ( EEC ) No 2551 /93 of 10 August 1993
                (Language of the case: German)                        amending Annex I to Council Regulation ( EEC ) No 2658/
                                                                      87 on the tariff and statistical nomenclature and on the
                                                                      Common Customs Tariff ( OJ No L 241 , 27. 9 . 1993 , p. 1 ),
  (Provisional translation; the definitive translation will be        on the classification of echinacea extract drops — the
          published in the European Court Reports)                    Court ( First Chamber ), composed of: L. Sevón, President
                                                                      of the Chamber, D. A. O. Edward and M. Wathelet
In Case C-3 55/95 P: Textilwerke Deggendorf GmbH                      ( Rapporteur ), Judges; A. La Pergola, Advocate-General;
(TWD ), a company incorporated under German law,                      H. von Holstein, Deputy Registrar, has given a judgment
established in Deggendorf ( Germany ), represented by                 on 15 May 1997, in which it has ruled :
Walter Forstner, Lutz Radtke and Karl-Heinz Schupp,
Rechtsanwälte, Deggendorf, assisted by Michael                        The Common Customs Tariff, in the version established in
Schweitzer, Professor at the University of Passau, with an            Annex 1 to Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2551 /93 of
address for service in Luxembourg at the office of                    1 0 August 1 993 amending Annex I to Council Regulation