CELEX: 62009CA0067
Language: en
Date: 2010-10-14 00:00:00
Title: Case C-67/09 P: Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 14 October 2010 — Nuova Agricast Srl, Cofra Srl v European Commission (Appeal — State aid — Aid scheme for investment in the less-favoured regions of Italy — Commission decision declaring that scheme compatible with the common market — Actions for damages in respect of the losses allegedly suffered as a result of the adoption of that decision — Transitional measures between that scheme and the previous scheme — Temporal scope of application of the Commission’s decision not to object to the previous scheme — Principles of legal certainty, protection of legitimate expectations and equal treatment)

18.12.2010   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 346/11
            
         Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 14 October 2010 — Nuova Agricast Srl, Cofra Srl v European Commission
   (Case C-67/09 P) (1)
   
   (Appeal - State aid - Aid scheme for investment in the less-favoured regions of Italy - Commission decision declaring that scheme compatible with the common market - Actions for damages in respect of the losses allegedly suffered as a result of the adoption of that decision - Transitional measures between that scheme and the previous scheme - Temporal scope of application of the Commission’s decision not to object to the previous scheme - Principles of legal certainty, protection of legitimate expectations and equal treatment)
   2010/C 346/17
   Language of the case: Italian
   
      Parties
   
   
      Appellant: Nuova Agricast Srl, Cofra Srl (represented by: A. Calabrese, avvocato)
   
      Other party to the proceedings: European Commission (represented by: V. Di Bucci and E. Righini, Agents)
   
      Re:
   
   Appeal against the judgment delivered by the Court of First Instance (First Chamber) on 2 December 2008 in Cases T-362/05 and T-363/05 Nuova Agricast v Commission by which the Court of First Instance rejected the claims for damages for the loss allegedly suffered by the appellants as a result of the adoption by the Commission of the Decision of 12 July 2000 declaring compatible with the common market an aid scheme for investment in the less-favoured regions of Italy (State aid No 715/1999 — Italy (SG 2000 D/105754)) and as a result of the Commission’s conduct during the procedure which preceded the adoption of that decision.
   
      Operative part of the judgment
   
   The Court:
   
               1.
            
            
               Dismisses the appeal;
            
         
               2.
            
            
               Orders Nuova Agricast Srl and Cofra Srl to pay the costs.
            
         
      (1)  OJ C 90, 18.4.2009.