Judgment of the Court of First Instance of 11 June 2009 - Italy v Commission
(State aid - Scheme of aid granted by the Italian authorities to certain public utilities in the form of tax exemptions and loans at preferential rates - Decision declaring the aid incompatible with the common market - Existing aid or new aid - Article 86(2) EC)
Language of the case: Italian
Parties
Applicant: Italian Republic (represented: initially, by I. Braguglia and, subsequently, by R. Adam and I. Bruni, Agents, and M. Fiorilli, avvocato dello Stato)
Defendant: Commission of the European Communities (represented by: V. Di Bucci, Agent)
Re:
Application for annulment of Article 2 of Commission Decision 2003/193/EC of 5 June 2002 on State aid granted by Italy in the form of tax exemptions and subsidised loans to public utilities with a majority public capital holding (OJ 2003 L 77, p. 21).
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
Dismisses the action;
Orders the Italian Republic to pay its own costs as well as those incurred by the Commission.
____________1 - OJ C 233, 28.9.2002 (formerly Case C-290/02).