CELEX: C1998/184/19
Language: en
Date: 1998-06-13 00:00:00
Title: JUDGMENT OF THE COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE of 30 April 1998 in Case T-16/96: Cityflyer Express Ltd v. Commission of the European Communities (Action for annulment - Air transport - State aid - Interest-free loan - Amount of the aid - Principle of the market economy investor - Principle of proportionality - Manifest error of assessment - Statement of reasons - Need for exchange of argument between the Commission and the complainant)

C 184/10              EN                Official Journal of the European Communities                                  13.6.98
  JUDGMENT OF THE COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE                          annulment of Commission Decision 95/466/EC of 26 July
                       of 30 April 1998                            1995 concerning aid granted by the Flemish Region to the
                                                                   Belgian airline Vlaamse Luchttransportmaatschappij NV
in Case T-214/95: Het Vlaamse Gewest (Flemish Region)              (OJ L 267 of 9.11.1995, p. 49) Ð the Court (Fifth
      v. Commission of the European Communities (1)                Chamber, Extended Composition), composed of R.
                                                                   García-Valdecasas, President, V. Tiili, J. Azizi, R. M.
(Application for annulment Ð Air transport Ð State aid
                                                                   Moura Ramos and M. Jaeger, Judges; A. Mair,
Ð Small amount Ð Distortion of competition Ð Effect
                                                                   Administrator, for the Registrar, has given a judgment on
 on trade between Member States Ð Statement of reasons)
                                                                   30 April 1998 in which it:
                        (98/C 184/18)
                                                                   1. Dismisses the application;
                (Language of the case: Dutch)
In Case T-214/95: Het Vlaamse Gewest (Flemish Region),             2. Orders the applicant to pay the costs.
represented by Alfred L. Merckx, of the Brussels Bar, with
an address for service in Luxembourg at the Chambers of            (1) OJ C 108, 13.4.1996.
Duro and Lorang, 4 Boulevard Royal, against
Commission of the European Communities (Agents: Pieter
Van Nuffel and Anders Christian Jessen) Ð application
for annulment of Commission Decision 95/466/EC of
26 July 1995 concerning aid granted by the Flemish
Region to the Belgian airline Vlaamse Luchttransport-
maatschappij NV (OJ L 267 of 9.11.1995, p. 49) Ð the               ORDER OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE COURT OF
Court of First Instance (Fifth Chamber, Extended                                        FIRST INSTANCE
Composition), composed of: R. García-Valdecasas,
President, V. Tiili, J. Azizi, R. M. Moura Ramos and M.                                   of 2 April 1998
Jaeger, Judges; A. Mair, Administrator, for the Registrar,         in Case T-86/96 R: Arbeitsgemeinschaft Deutscher
has given a judgment on 30 April 1998, in which it:                Luftfahrt-Unternehmen and Others v. Commission of the
                                                                                      European Communities
1. Dismisses the application;                                      (State aid Ð Commission decision classifying a national
                                                                   aid measure as incompatible with the common market Ð
2. Orders the applicant to bear the costs.                         Interim measures Ð Order requiring authorisation for the
                                                                   aid to be granted on a provisional basis Ð Urgency Ð
                                                                                        Balance of interests)
(1) OJ C 16, 20.1.1996.
                                                                                            (98/C 184/20)
                                                                                 (Language of the case: German)
  JUDGMENT OF THE COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE                          In Cases T-86/96 R: Arbeitsgemeinschaft Deutscher Luft-
                       of 30 April 1998                            fahrt-Unternehmen, established in Bonn, composed of the
                                                                   following members: Aero Lloyd Flugreisen GmbH & Co.
in Case T-16/96: Cityflyer Express Ltd v. Commission of            Luftverkehrs-KG, established at Oberursel (Germany), Air
                the European Communities (1)                       Berlin GmbH & Co. Luftverkehrs KG, established in
(Action for annulment Ð Air transport Ð State aid Ð                Berlin, Condor Flugdienst GmbH, established at
Interest-free loan Ð Amount of the aid Ð Principle of the          Kelsterbach (Germany), Germania Fluggesellschaft mbH,
market economy investor Ð Principle of proportionality             established in Berlin, Hapag-Lloyd Fluggesellschaft mbH,
Ð Manifest error of assessment Ð Statement of reasons              established at Langenhagen (Germany), LTU Lufttransport
Ð Need for exchange of argument between the                        Unternehmen GmbH & Co. KG, established in
              Commission and the complainant)                      Düsseldorf, and Hapag Lloyd Fluggesellschaft mbH,
                                                                   established at Langenhagen, represented by Gerrit Schohe,
                        (98/C 184/19)                              Rechtsanwalt, Hamburg, with an address for service in
                                                                   Luxembourg at the Chambers of Marc Baden, 34b Rue
               (Language of the case: English)                     Philippe II, v. Commission of the European Communities
                                                                   (Agents: Paul F. Nemitz and Georg Berrisch) Ð
                                                                   application for interim measures in relation to
In Case T-16/96: Cityflyer Express Ltd, established at             Commission Decision 96/369/EC of 13 March 1996
Gatwick Airport (United Kingdom), represented by                   concerning fiscal aid given to German airlines in the form
Charles Price, of the Brussels Bar, with an address for            of a depreciation facility (OJ L 146 of 20.6.1996, p. 42)
service in Luxembourg at the Chambers of Lucy Dupong               Ð the President of the Court of First Instance has made
v. Commission of the European Communities (Agents:                 an order on 2 April 1998, the operative part of which is
Peter Oliver and Anders Jessen) Ð application for                  as follows: