Judgment of the Court of First Instance of 20 June 2007 - Tirrenia di Navigazione and Others v Commission
(State Aid - Maritime transport - Decision to initiate the procedure under Article 88(2) EC - New State aid - Existing State aid)
Language of the case: Italian
Parties
Applicants: Tirrenia di Navigazione SpA, formerly Tirrenia di Navigazione SpA and Adriatica di Navigazione SpA (Naples, Italy); Caremar SpA (Naples); Toremar SpA (Leghorn, Italy); Siremar SpA (Palermo, Italy); and Saremar SpA (Cagliari, Italy) (represented by: initially A. Tizzano and G. Roberti and subsequently G. Roberti, A. Franchi and G. Bellitti, lawyers)
Defendant: Commission of the European Communities (represented by: D. Triantafyllou, V. Di Bucci and E. De Persio, Agents)
Interveners in support of the defendant: Navigazione Libera del Golfo SpA (Naples) (represented by: S. Ravenna and A. Abate, lawyers); Aliscafi Società Navigazione Alta Velocità SpA (Aliscafi SNAV) (Messina, Italy) (represented by: B. Castaldo and C. Forte, lawyers); Traghetti Pozzuoli Srl (Naples); Alilauro SpA (Naples); and Linee Lauro Srl (Pozzuoli, Italy) (represented by: E. Amato, lawyer)
Re:
Annulment of the Commission's decision of 6 August 1999 to initiate the procedure under Article 88(2) EC concerning the State aid granted by the Italian Republic to undertakings in the Tirrenia di Navigazione group (OJ 1999 C 306, p. 2).
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
Dismisses the action;
Orders the applicants to bear their own costs and to pay those of the Commission and the interveners Navigazione Libera del Golfo SpA, Linee Lauro Srl, Traghetti Pozzuoli Srl and Alilauro SpA;
Orders the intervener Aliscafi Società Navigazione Alta Velocità SpA (Aliscafi SNAV) to bear its own costs.
____________1 - OJ C 20, 22.1.2000.