CELEX: C2006/178/56
Language: en
Date: 2006-07-29 00:00:00
Title: Case T-354/99: Judgement of the Court of First Instance of  31 May 2006  — Kuwait Petroleum (Nederland) BV v Commission of the European Communities (State aid — Commission notice on the  de minimis  rule for State aid — Increase in excise duties on fuel — Aid to service stations — Oil companies — Risk of cumulation of aid — Price management system clause — Principle of sound administration)

29.7.2006   
            
            
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               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 178/31
            
         Judgement of the Court of First Instance of 31 May 2006 — Kuwait Petroleum (Nederland) BV v Commission of the European Communities
   (Case T-354/99) (1)
   
   (State aid - Commission notice on the de minimis rule for State aid - Increase in excise duties on fuel - Aid to service stations - Oil companies - Risk of cumulation of aid - Price management system clause - Principle of sound administration)
   (2006/C 178/56)
   Language of the case: Dutch
   Parties
   
      Applicant: Kuwait Petroleum (Nederland) BV (represented by: P. Mathijsen, lawyer)
   
      Defendant: Commission of the European Communities (represented initially by G. Rozet and H. Speyart, and subsequently by G. Rozet and H. van Vliet, acting as Agents)
   
      Intervening party supporting the applicant: Kingdom of the Netherlands, (represented initially by M. Fierstra, and subsequently by H. Sevenster, acting as Agents)
   
      Re:
   Application for partial annulment of Commission Decision 1999/705/EC of 20 July 1999 on the State aid implemented by the Netherlands for 633 Dutch service stations located near the German border (OJ 1999 L 280, p. 87)
   Operative part of the judgement
   The Court:
   
               1.
            
            
               Dismisses the action;
            
         
               2.
            
            
               Orders the applicant to pay its own costs and those of the Commission;
            
         
               3.
            
            
               Orders the Kingdom of the Netherlands to pay its own costs.
            
         
      (1)  OJ C 102, 8.4.2000.