Judgment of the Court of First Instance (First Chamber) of 29 March 2007 - Scott SA v Commission of the European Communities,
(State aid - Land sale price - Decision ordering the recovery of aid incompatible with the common market - Errors in the calculation of the aid - Obligations of the Commission with regard to the calculation of the aid - Rights of the recipient of aid - Regulation (EC) No 659/1999 - Article 13(1))
Language of the case: English
Parties
Applicant: Scott SA, (Saint-Cloud (France)) (represented by: Sir Jeremy Lever QC, G. Peretz and J. Gardner, Barristers, and R. Griffith and M. Papadakis, Solicitors,)
Defendant: Commission of the European Communities (represented by: G. Rozet and J. Flett, Agents)
Intervener in support of the applicant: French Republic, represented by G. de Bergues, S. Seam and F.Million, Agents),
Re:
Partial annulment of Commission Decision 2002/14/EC of 12 July 2000 on the State aid granted by France to Scott Paper SA/Kimberly-Clark (OJ 2002 L 12, p. 1).
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
Annuls Article 2 of Commission Decision 2002/14/EC of 12 July 2000 on the State aid granted by France to Scott Paper SA/Kimberly-Clark to the extent that it concerns the aid granted in the form of a preferential price for the property referred to in Article 1;
Orders the Commission to bear its own costs and to pay those incurred by the applicant relating to the proceedings before the Court of First Instance;
3. Orders the French Republic to bear its own costs relating to the proceedings before the Court of First Instance.
____________1 - OJ C 61, 24.2.2001.