Reports of Cases

2011 I-02011

Subject-matter

Appeal against the judgment of the Court of First Instance (Eighth Chamber) of 1 July 2009 in Joined Cases T-273/06 and T-297/06 ISD Polska and Others v Commission dismissing the appellants’ actions seeking the partial annulment of Commission Decision 2006/937/EC of 5 July 2005 on State aid C-20/04 in favour of Huta Częstochowa SA (OJ 2006 L 366, p. 1) in so far as it declared certain aid incompatible with the common market and ordered the Republic of Poland to recover the aid – Principles of legal certainty and the non-retroactivity of Community acts – Principle of the protection of legitimate expectations – Determination of the ‘appropriate’ nature of the interest rate applicable to the recovery of aid found to be incompatible with the common market

Systematic classification scheme

Citations of case-law or legislation

References in grounds of judgment

• EC Treaty (Amsterdam), Article 87 : paragraphs 90, 91, 95, 100
• EC Treaty (Amsterdam), Article 88 : paragraphs 90, 91, 95, 100
• EC Treaty (Amsterdam), Article 225 : paragraph 66
• Treaty of Accession 2003 - Protocol No 8 : paragraphs 7, 88 - 106
• TFEU - Protocol No 3 -A58L1 : paragraph 66
• Agreement with Third Countries or International Bodies - 21993A1231(18) : paragraph 2
• Agreement with Third Countries or International Bodies - 21993A1231(18) -N13CH3A08 : paragraph 4
• Act of a Body established by International Agreements - 22003D0545 : paragraph 5
• Act of a Body established by International Agreements - 22003D0545 -A02 : paragraph 6
• Court of Justice - Rules of Procedure (1991) -A112P1L1LC : paragraph 66
• Regulation 659/1999 -A06P1 : paragraph 9
• Regulation 659/1999 -A07P5 : paragraph 10
• Regulation 659/1999 -A14 : paragraph 11
• Regulation 659/1999 -A14L2 : paragraphs 62, 139 - 142
• Regulation 659/1999 -A20P1 : paragraph 12
• Decision 2003/588 : paragraphs 8, 119, 121, 125
• Regulation 794/2004 : paragraph 62
• Regulation 794/2004 -A09 : paragraph 13
• Regulation 794/2004 -A09P4 : paragraph 142
• Regulation 794/2004 -A11P2 : paragraph 14
• Decision 2006/937 : paragraph 1
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -112/80 : paragraph 122
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -21/81 : paragraph 98
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -162/84 : paragraph 123
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -228/84 : paragraph 123
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -111/86 : paragraph 123
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -34/92 : paragraph 98
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -82/98 : paragraph 123
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -352/98 : paragraph 66
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -248/99 : paragraph 66
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -162/00 : paragraph 98
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -186/02 : paragraph 83
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -182/03 : paragraph 123
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -68/05 : paragraph 83
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -176/06 : paragraph 85
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -348/06 : paragraph 85
• General Court - Judgment T -273/06 : paragraphs 1 - 144
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -441/08 : paragraph 98
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -67/09 : paragraph 66

Operative part

• Confirms : General Court - Judgment T -273/06

Opinion

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Dates

Date of the lodging of the application initiating proceedings

• 14/09/2009

Date of the Opinion

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Date of the hearing

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Date of delivery

24/03/2011

References

Publication in the Official Journal

Application: OJ C 312 from 19.12.2009, p.14

Judgment: OJ C 152 from 21.05.2011, p.5

Name of the parties

ISD Polska and Others v Commission

Notes on Academic Writings

1. Michel, Valérie: Recevabilité, Europe 2011 Mai 2011 Comm. nº 5 p.17-18 (FR)

Procedural Analysis Information

Source of the question referred for a preliminary ruling

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Subject-matter

• Competition
  
• - State aid
  

Provisions of national law referred to

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Provisions of international law referred to

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Procedure and result

• Actions for annulment
  
• Appeals : dismissal on substantive grounds
  

Formation of the Court

première chambre (Cour)

Judge-Rapporteur

Berger

Advocate General

Bot

Language(s) of the Case

• French
  

Language(s) of the Opinion

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