Reports of Cases

2007 II-00065*

Pub somm

Subject-matter

Annulment of the Commission decision of 6 August 1999 concerning the aid granted by the Italian authorities to sea transport undertakings in the Tirrenia di Navigazione SpA group

Systematic classification scheme

Citations of case-law or legislation

References in grounds of judgment

• EC Treaty (Amsterdam), Article 86 -P2 : paragraph 26
• EC Treaty (Amsterdam), Article 87 : paragraphs 59, 62
• EC Treaty (Amsterdam), Article 87 -P1 : paragraph 53
• EC Treaty (Amsterdam), Article 88 : paragraphs 26, 28
• EC Treaty (Amsterdam), Article 88 -P2 : paragraphs 1 - 174
• EC Treaty (Amsterdam), Article 88 -P2L1 : paragraph 44
• EC Treaty (Amsterdam), Article 88 -P3 : paragraph 44
• General Court - Rules of Procedure (1991) -A48P2 : paragraphs 56, 58, 62, 107, 151
• General Court - Rules of Procedure (1991) -A87P4L3 : paragraph 176
• Regulation 3577/92 : paragraphs 166, 167, 170
• Regulation 3577/92 -A04P3 : paragraphs 26, 49, 52, 54 - 56, 69, 109, 110, 154 - 162, 166, 168 - 170, 172, 173
• Regulation 659/1999 -A01LB : paragraphs 27, 28
• Regulation 659/1999 -A04P6 : paragraph 27
• Regulation 659/1999 -A07P2 : paragraph 44
• Regulation 659/1999 -A07P3 : paragraph 44
• Regulation 659/1999 -A07P4 : paragraph 44
• Regulation 659/1999 -A07P5 : paragraph 44
• Regulation 659/1999 -A14 : paragraph 44
• Decision 2001/851 : paragraphs 44, 45
• Decision 2005/163 : paragraph 45
• Court of Justice - Opinion C -113/77 : paragraph 176
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -113/77 : paragraph 176
• General Court - Judgment T -64/89 : paragraph 176
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -312/90 : paragraph 43
• General Court - Judgment T -37/91 : paragraph 64
• General Court - Judgment T -13/92 : paragraph 176
• General Court - Judgment T -123/97 : paragraph 108
• General Court - Judgment T -298/97 : paragraphs 53, 166, 169, 170
• General Court - Judgment T -43/98 : paragraph 163
• General Court - Judgment T -126/99 : paragraph 108
• General Court - Judgment T -354/99 : paragraph 164
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -400/99 : paragraphs 43, 154, 162, 165, 168, 169, 171, 173
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -400/99 : paragraphs 44, 47, 58, 109, 112, 155, 156, 158, 162, 166, 167, 169, 171
• Court of Justice - Order C -470/02 : paragraph 102
• Court of Justice - Order C -172/05 : paragraphs 102, 103
• C1999/306/02 : paragraphs 1 - 174

Operative part

• Confirms : C1999/306/02

Opinion

Information not available

Dates

Date of the lodging of the application initiating proceedings

• 19/10/1999

Date of the Opinion

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Date of the hearing

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Date of delivery

20/06/2007

References

Publication in the Official Journal

Application: OJ C 20 from 22.01.2000, p.25

Judgment: OJ C 183 from 04.08.2007, p.31

Name of the parties

Tirrenia di Navigazione and Others v Commission

Notes on Academic Writings

1. Idot, Laurence: Obligations de service public dans le transport maritime, Europe 2007 Août-Septembre Comm. nº 217 p.24-25
2. Bartosch, Andreas: Challenging a decision to initiate the formal investigation procedure - some clarifications, European State Aid Law Quarterly 2007 p.813-818
3. Chérot, Jean-Yves: Le Tribunal complète l'examen de la décision de la Commission d'ouvrir une procédure formelle d'examen à l'encontre des aides au transport maritime en Italie au titre des aides nouvelles, Concurrences : revue des droits de la concurrence 2007 nº 4 p.105-106

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 : dismissal on grounds of inadmissibility
  
• Actions for annulment : dismissal on substantive grounds
  

Formation of the Court

deuxième chambre (Tribunal)

Judge-Rapporteur

Forwood

Advocate General

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Language(s) of the Case

• Italian
  

Language(s) of the Opinion

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