Language of document :

Order of the Court of First Instance of 19 May 2008 - TF1 v Commission

(Case T-144/04) 1

(Action for annulment - Commission decision classifying certain measures adopted by the French Republic in favour of France 2 and France 3 as State aid compatible with the common market - Time-limit for instituting proceedings - Article 44(1)(c) of the Rules of Procedure - Inadmissibility)

Language of the case: French

Parties

Applicant: Télévision française 1 SA (TF1) (Nanterre, France) (represented by: J.-P. Hordies and C. Smits, lawyers)

Defendant: Commission of the European Communities (represented by: J. Bundía Sierra, N. Niejahr and C. Giolito, acting as Agents)

Intervener in support of the form of order sought by the defendant: French Republic (represented by: G. de Bergues, Agent)

Re:

Action for annulment of Commission Decision 2004/838/EC of 10 December 2003 on State aid implemented by France for France 2 and France 3 (OJ 2004 L 361, p. 21).

Operative part of the order

1.    The action is dismissed.

2.    Télévision française 1 SA (TF1) is ordered to bear its own costs and pay those of the Commission.

3.    The French Republic shall bear its own costs.

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1 - OJ C 168, 26.6.2004.