Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 10 September 2009 - Commission of the European Communities v Ente per le Ville Vesuviane (C-445/07 P), Ente per le Ville Vesuviane v Commission of the European Communities (C-455/07 P)

(Joined Cases C-445/07 P and C-455/07 P) ¹

(Appeal - European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) - Development of infrastructure for the expansion of tourism in Regione Campania (Italy) - Closure of Community financial assistance - Actions for annulment - Admissibility - Local or regional entity - Measures of direct and individual concern to that entity)

Language of the case: Italian

Parties

Appellants: Commission of the European Communities (represented by: L. Flynn, Agent, A. Dal Ferro, avvocato) (C-445/07 P), Ente per le Ville Vesuviane (represented by: E. Soprano, avvocato) (C-455/07 P)

Other parties to the proceedings: Ente per le Ville Vesuviane (represented by: E. Soprano, avvocato) (C-455/07 P), Commission of the European Communities (represented by: L. Flynn, Agent, A. Dal Ferro, avvocato) (C-445/07 P)

Re

Appeal against the judgment of the Court of First Instance (Second Chamber) of 18 July 2007 Ente per le Ville Vesuviane v Commission (T-189/02) by which the Court rejected the action for annulment of Commission Decision D(2002) 810111 of 13 March 2002 ending financial assistance from the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) in the form of investment in infrastructure in Campania (Italy) relating to an integrated scheme of development of three Vesuvian villas for the purposes of tourism (ERDF No 86/05/04/054).

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

Sets aside the judgment of the Court of First Instance of the European Communities of 18 July 2007 in Case T-189/02 Ente per le Ville Vesuviane v Commission, inasmuch as it declared admissible Ente per le Ville Vesuviane's action for annulment of Commission Decision D (2002) 810111 of 13 March 2002, closing the financial assistance of the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) in the form of investment in infrastructure in Campania (Italy) relating to an integrated scheme for the development of three Vesuvian villas for the purposes of tourism;

Dismisses Ente per le Ville Vesuviane's action for annulment of the said decision as inadmissible;

Declares that it is not necessary to rule on the appeal brought by Ente per le Ville Vesuviane;

Orders Ente per le Ville Vesuviane to pay the costs of the proceedings before the present Court and also those connected with the procedure at first instance.

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¹ - OJ C 297, 08.12.2007.