Language of document :

Judgment of the Court of First Instance (Eighth Chamber) of 12 November 2008 - Cantieri Navali Termoli v Commission

(Case T-70/07)1

(State Aid - Shipbuilding - Operating aid linked to contracts for ships - Application for extension of ship delivery limit under Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 1540/98 - Causal link between the exceptional event and the delay)

Language of the case: Italian

Parties

Applicant: Cantieri Navali Termoli SpA (Termoli, Italy) (represented by: B. Mammarella, lawyer)

Defendant: Commission of the European Communities (represented by: G. Conte and C. Urraca Caviedes, Agents)

Re:

Action for annulment of the Commission's decision 2006/948/EC of 4 July 2006 on State aid which Italy plans to implement for Cantieri Navali Termoli SpA (OJ 2006 L 383, p. 53)

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

dismisses the action;

orders Cantieri Navali Termoli SpA to pay the costs.

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1 - OJ C 95, 28.04.2007.