Notice for the OJ

 

JUDGMENT OF THE COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE

of 16 March 2004

in Case T-157/01: Danske Busvognmænd v Commission of the European Communities ¹

(State aid - Regional public transport by bus)

(Language of the case: Danish)

In Case T-157/01: Danske Busvognmænd, established in Frederiksberg (Denmark), represented by P. Dalskov and N. Symes, lawyers, against the Commission of the European Communities (Agents: H. Støvlbæk and D. Triantafyllou) supported by the Kingdom of Denmark, (Agents: J. Molde, P. Biering and K. Hansen), - application for annulment of Commission decision SG(2001) D/287297 of 28 March 2001 (aid NN 127/2000) declaring aid granted by the Danish authorities to Combus A/S in the form of capital injections as part of the privatisation of that company to be compatible with the common market - the Court of First Instance (Second Chamber, Extended Composition), composed of N.J. Forwood, President, J. Pirrung, P. Mengozzi, A.W.H. Meij and M. Vilaras, Judges; D. Christensen, Administrator, for the Registrar, gave a judgment on 16 March 2004, in which it:

1)    Annuls Commission decision SG(2001) D/287297 of 28 March 2001 (aid NN 127/2000) in so far as it declares aid granted by the Danish authorities to Combus A/S in the form of capital injections in the amounts of DKK [Y] and DKK [X] to be compatible with the common market;

2)    Dismisses the remainder of the application;

3)    Orders the Commission to bear its own costs and pay those of the applicant;

4)    Orders the Kingdom of Denmark to bear its own costs.

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¹ - OJ No C 275 of 29.9.01