Judgment of the Court of First Instance (Fifth Chamber) of 20 September 2007 - EARL Salvat père & fils and others v Commission
(State aid - Wine-production conversion measures - Decision declaring aid partly compatible and partly incompatible with the common market - Action for annulment - Admissibility - Obligation to state reasons - Assessment in light of Article 87(1) EC)
Language of the case: French
Parties
Applicants: EARL Salvat père & fils (Saint-Paul-de-Fenouillet, France); Comité interprofessionnel des vins doux naturels and vins de liqueur à appellations contrôlées (CIVDN) (Perpignan, France); and Comité national des interprofessions des vins à appellation d'origine (CNIV) (Paris, France) (represented by: H. Calvet and O.Billard, lawyers)
Defendant: Commission of the European Communities (represented by: C. Giolito and A. Stobiecka-Kuik, agents)
Intervener in support of the applicants : French Republic (represented by G. de Bergues, agent)
Re:
Action for annulment of Article 1(1) and (3) of Decision 2007/253/EC of the Commission of 19 January 2005 on the Rivesaltes plan and CIVDN parafiscal charges operated by France (OJ 2007 L 112, p. 1).
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
Dismisses the action;
Orders the applicants to pay the costs;
Orders the French Republic to bear its own costs.
____________1 - OJ C 132 of 28.5.2005.