Judgment of the Court of First Instance of 12 September 2007 - Italy and Brandt Italia v Commission

(Joined Cases T-239/04 and T-323/04) ¹

(State aid − Legislation providing for urgent measures to assist employment for undertakings in difficulties − Decision declaring the aid scheme incompatible with the common market and ordering recovery of aid paid)

Language of the case: Italian

Parties

Applicant in Case T-239/04: Italian Republic (represented by: D. Del Gaizo, Agent)

Applicant in Case T-323/04: Brandt Italia SpA (Verolanuova, Italy) (represented by: M. van Empel, C. Visco and S. Lamarca, lawyers)

Defendant: Commission of the European Communities (represented by: V. Di Bucci, C. Giolito and E. Righini, Agents)

Re:

Annulment of Commission Decision 2004/800/EC of 30 March 2004 on the State aid scheme put into effect by Italy providing for urgent measures to assist employment (OJ 2004 L 352, p. 10).

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

Dismisses the actions;

Orders the Italian Republic to bear its own costs and to pay those incurred by the Commission in Case T-239/04;

Orders Brandt Italia SpA to bear its own costs and to pay those incurred by the Commission in Case T-323/04.

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¹ - OJ C 217, 28.8.2004.