Judgment of the Court of First Instance of 10 March 2009 - Aker Warnow Werft and Kvaerner v Commission
(State aid - Shipbuilding - Former German Democratic Republic - Aid paid to cover losses from shipbuilding contracts - Competition aid - No excess payment)
Language of the case: English
Parties
Applicants: Aker Warnow Werft GmbH (Rostock, Germany); and Kvaerner ASA (Oslo, Norway) (represented by: M. Schütte, lawyer, and B. Immenkamp, Solicitor, and then by M. Schütte)
Defendant: Commission of the European Communities (represented by: V. Kreuschitz and L. Flynn, acting as Agents)
Re:
Application for annulment of Commission Decision 2005/374/EC of 20 October 2004 on a State aid measure implemented by Germany for Kvaerner Warnow Werft (OJ 2005 L 120, p. 21).
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
Annuls Commission Decision 2005/374/EC of 20 October 2004 on a State aid measure implemented by Germany for Kvaerner Warnow Werft;
Orders the Commission to bear its own costs and pay those incurred by Aker Warnow Werft GmbH and Kvaerner ASA.
____________1 - OJ C 106, 30.4.2005.