Reports of Cases

2006 I-04845

Subject-matter

Appeals ─ Appeal against the judgment of the Court of First Instance (First Chamber, Extended Composition) of 5 August 2003 in Joined Cases T-116/01 and T-118/01 P&O European Ferries (Vizcaya) SA and Diputación Foral de Vizcaya v Commission dismissing an application seeking the annulment of Commission Decision 2001/247/EC of 29 November 2000 on the aid scheme implemented by Spain in favour of the shipping company Ferries Golfo de Vizcaya, now P&O European Ferries (Vizcaya) SA, and ordering the repayment of the aid held to be incompatible with the common market

Systematic classification scheme

Citations of case-law or legislation

References in grounds of judgment

• EC Treaty (Amsterdam), Article 10 : paragraph 117
• EC Treaty (Amsterdam), Article 87 -P1 : paragraphs 38, 48, 51, 132
• EC Treaty (Amsterdam), Article 87 -P2LA : paragraphs 122, 124, 127, 129
• EC Treaty (Amsterdam), Article 88 : paragraph 102
• EC Treaty (Amsterdam), Article 88 -P3 : paragraphs 91, 101, 102, 104, 105, 109
• General Court - Rules of Procedure (1991) -A44P2L1 : paragraphs 21, 22
• General Court - Rules of Procedure (1991) -A44P2L2 : paragraphs 21, 22
• General Court - Rules of Procedure (1991) -A44P2L3 : paragraphs 21, 22, 27
• General Court - Rules of Procedure (1991) -A66 : paragraph 100
• General Court - Rules of Procedure (1991) -A100P1 : paragraph 21
• General Court - Rules of Procedure (1991) -A100P2L2 : paragraphs 23 - 25, 27
• Court of Justice - Rules of Procedure (1991) -A81P2 : paragraph 28
• Decision 2001/247 : paragraphs 1 - 134
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -1/54 : paragraph 43
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -2/54 : paragraph 43
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -3/54 : paragraph 43
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -97/86 : paragraph 44
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -301/87 : paragraph 109
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -19/93 : paragraph 89
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -39/94 : paragraph 102
• General Court - Judgment T -14/96 : paragraphs 38 - 44, 46, 47, 49, 50, 52, 132
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -310/97 : paragraphs 43, 44
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -164/98 : paragraphs 60, 67
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -154/99 : paragraph 89
• General Court - Judgment T -116/01 : paragraphs 1 - 134
• Court of Justice - Order C -360/02 : paragraphs 22, 23
• Court of Justice - Order C -369/03 : paragraph 27

Operative part

• Confirms : General Court - Judgment T -116/01

Opinion

• EC Treaty (Amsterdam), Article 10 : point 162
  
• EC Treaty (Amsterdam), Article 87 -P1 : points 73, 80, 83, 85, 87, 110
  
• EC Treaty (Amsterdam), Article 88 : point 122
  
• EC Treaty (Amsterdam), Article 88 -P3 : points 58, 75, 114, 116, 121
  
• EC Treaty (Amsterdam), Article 225 : point 96
  
• EC Treaty (Amsterdam), Article 230 : point 153
  
• EC Treaty (Amsterdam), Article 233 : point 72
  
• Treaty of Nice 2001 - Protocol on the Statute of the Court of Justice -A51 : point 96
  
• General Court - Rules of Procedure (1991) -A44P2L1 : point 51
  
• General Court - Rules of Procedure (1991) -A44P2L2 : point 51
  
• General Court - Rules of Procedure (1991) -A44P2L3 : point 50
  
• General Court - Rules of Procedure (1991) -A100P1 : point 49
  
• General Court - Rules of Procedure (1991) -A100P2L1 : point 48
  
• General Court - Rules of Procedure (1991) -A100P2L2 : points 47, 49, 50, 52, 53
  
• Regulation 659/1999 : points 123, 124
  
• Regulation 659/1999 -A02 : points 116, 121
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -120/73 : points 117, 129
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -172/85 : point 62
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -358/85 : point 62
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -97/86 : point 72
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -144/87 : point 71
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -5/89 : points 147, 148
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -89/91 : point 77
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -39/94 : point 123
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -7/95 : point 96
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -169/95 : points 149, 155
  
• Court of Justice - Order C -277/95 : point 77
  
• General Court - Judgment T -14/96 : points 61, 62, 67, 69, 73 - 77
  
• Court of Justice - Opinion C -210/98 : point 65
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -182/99 : point 168
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -482/99 : point 103
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -74/00 : point 124
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -107/00 : point 152
  
• General Court - Judgment T -116/01 : points 1 - 172
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -91/01 : point 154
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -112/04 : point 168
  

Dates

Date of the lodging of the application initiating proceedings

• 17/10/2003

Date of the Opinion

• 09/02/2006

Date of the hearing

Information not available

Date of delivery

01/06/2006

References

Publication in the Official Journal

Applications: OJ C 7 from 10.01.2004, p.18 ; OJ C 21 from 24.01.2004, p.14

Judgment: OJ C 178 from 29.07.2006, p.1

Name of the parties

P&O European Ferries (Vizcaya) v Commission

Notes on Academic Writings

1. Mok, M.R.: Nederlandse jurisprudentie ; Uitspraken in burgerlijke en strafzaken 2006 nº 454
2. Lambert, Christian: Qualification d'aides d'État, notification et compatibilité des aides avec le Traité, Revue Lamy de la Concurrence : droit, économie, régulation 2006 nº 8 p.52-54
3. Chérot, Jean-Yves: L'obligation de notification de l'article 88, paragraphe 3, CE pèse sur les seuls Etats membres; cette obligation ne saurait par conséquent être considérée comme satisfaite par la notification faite par l'entreprise bénéficiaire de l'aide, Concurrences : revue des droits de la concurrence 2006 nº 3 p.127-128
4. Gross, Kilian: The P&O European Ferries (Vizcaya) SA Case: 14 years to Gain Legal Certainty?, European State Aid Law Quarterly 2006 p.567-571
5. Philippe, Jérôme ; Janssens, Thomas: Droit de la concurrence - Législation communautaire, Gazette du Palais 2006 nº 256-257 I Jur. p.15-16
6. Idot, Laurence: Autorité de chose jugée d'un premier arrêt, Europe 2006 Août-Septembre Comm. nº 246 p.19-20
7. Arhel, Pierre: Activité des juridictions communautaires en droit de la concurrence (juin 2006), Petites affiches. La Loi / Le Quotidien juridique 2006 nº 216 p.6-7
8. Cheynel, Benjamin: Il n'appartient pas aux entreprises récipiendaires de notifier une aide à la Commission, Revue Lamy droit des affaires 2006 nº 9 p.55-56
9. Turianu, Cristiana: Practicǎ judiciarǎ a Curții de Justiție a Comunitǎților Europene referitoare la competența acestei jurisdicții de a controla probatoriul administrat în fața Tribunalului de primǎ instanţǎ, Dreptul 2009 nº 3 p.224-229

Procedural Analysis Information

Source of the question referred for a preliminary ruling

Information not available

Subject-matter

• Competition
  
• - State aid
  

Provisions of national law referred to

Information not available

Provisions of international law referred to

Information not available

Procedure and result

• Actions for annulment
  
• Appeals : dismissal on substantive grounds
  

Formation of the Court

troisième chambre (Cour)

Judge-Rapporteur

Puissochet

Advocate General

Tizzano

Language(s) of the Case

• English, Spanish
  

Language(s) of the Opinion

• Italian