Order of the Court of First Instance (Second Chamber) of 13 May 2008 – SNIV v Commission

(Case T-327/04)

Action for annulment – State aid – Time-limit for instituting proceedings – Starting point – Publication of a brief notice in the Official Journal – Internet site – Inadmissibility

Actions for annulment – Time-limits – Point from which time starts to run – Date of publication – Day on which a measure came to the knowledge of the applicant – Subsidiary matter (Art. 230, fifth para., EC) (see paras 21-22, 25-27, 34)

Re:

ACTION for annulment of Commission Decision C(2004) 936 final of 30 March 2004 in relation to the aid measures planned by the French authorities to finance the public rendering service (State aid N 515/2003 – France).

Operative part

The Court:

1. Dismisses the action as inadmissible;

2. Orders the Syndicat national de l’industrie des viandes (SNIV) to bear its own costs and pay those of the Commission;

3. Orders the French Republic to bear its own costs.