Judgment of the Court of First Instance of 22 February 2006 - Le Levant 001 and Others v Commission
(State aid - Concept of interested party - Formal notice to submit comments - Decision to open the procedure provided for in Article 88(2) EC - Tax deduction measure for certain overseas investments - Development aid for shipbuilding - Assessment in the light of Article 87(1) EC - Obligation to state reasons)
Language of the case: French
Parties
Applicants: EURL Le Levant 001 (Paris, France) and the other applicants listed in the Annex to the judgment (represented by: P. Kirch and N Chahid-Nouraï, lawyers)
Defendant: Commission of the European Communities (represented by G. Rozet, acting as Agent)
Re:
Application for annulment of Commission Decision 2001/882/EC of 25 July 2001 on the State aid implemented by France in the form of development assistance for the cruise vessel Le Levant, built by Alstom Leroux Naval for operation in Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon (OJ 2001 L 327, p. 37).
Operative part of the judgment
The Court
1. Annuls Commission Decision 2001/882/EC of 25 July 2001 on the State
aid implemented by France in the form of development assistance for the
cruise vessel Le Levant, built by Alstom Leroux Naval for operation in
Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon;
2. Orders the Commission to bear its own costs and to pay the costs incurred
by the applicants, including those relating to the interim proceedings.
____________1 - OJ 109, 4.5.2002.