Reports of Cases

2007 I-06199

Subject-matter

ECSC – Recovery of aid declared incompatible with the common market and contrary to Commission Decision No 3484/85/ECSC of 27 November 1985 establishing Community rules for aid to the steel industry (OJ 1985 L 340, p. 1) – Obligation for the State to recover the aid notwithstanding a contrary final civil judgment

Systematic classification scheme

Citations of case-law or legislation

References in grounds of judgment

• ECSC Treaty (Paris), Article 4 -LC : paragraphs 3, 7, 50
• ECSC Treaty (Paris), Article 33 : paragraph 56
• ECSC Treaty (Paris), Article 33 -L3 : paragraph 24
• ECSC Treaty (Paris), Article 41 : paragraphs 41, 53
• ECSC Treaty (Paris), Article 88 : paragraph 34
• ECSC Treaty (Paris), Article 88 -L1 : paragraph 34
• EC Treaty (Amsterdam), Article 87 -P1 : paragraph 50
• EC Treaty (Amsterdam), Article 88 -P3 : paragraph 50
• EC Treaty (Amsterdam), Article 230 -L5 : paragraphs 54, 55
• EC Treaty (Amsterdam), Article 234 : paragraph 43
• ECSC Decision of General Scope 2320/81 : paragraph 5
• ECSC Decision of General Scope 2320/81 -A08P1 : paragraph 6
• ECSC Decision of General Scope 1018/85 : paragraph 5
• ECSC Decision of General Scope 3484/85 : paragraphs 7, 37
• ECSC Decision of General Scope 3484/85 -A01 : paragraph 50
• ECSC Decision of General Scope 3484/85 -A01P3 : paragraph 9
• ECSC Decision of General Scope 3484/85 -A03 : paragraphs 8, 11, 23, 27
• ECSC Decision of General Scope 3484/85 -A06 : paragraphs 20, 50
• ECSC Decision of General Scope 3484/85 -A06P1 : paragraphs 10, 18
• ECSC Decision of General Scope 3484/85 -A06P2 : paragraph 10
• ECSC Decision of General Scope 3484/85 -A06P4 : paragraphs 10, 21
• ECSC Decision of General Scope 322/89 : paragraph 11
• Decision 90/555 : paragraphs 23, 25, 26, 32, 34, 37 - 39, 56 - 58
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -78/76 : paragraphs 50, 52
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -106/77 : paragraph 61
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -130/78 : paragraph 61
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -244/80 : paragraph 44
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -314/85 : paragraph 53
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -143/88 : paragraph 53
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -221/88 : paragraph 41
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -213/89 : paragraph 61
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -354/90 : paragraphs 50, 52
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -188/92 : paragraphs 54, 55
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -39/94 : paragraph 52
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -379/98 : paragraph 44
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -390/98 : paragraph 50
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -390/99 : paragraph 44
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -326/00 : paragraph 43
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -241/01 : paragraphs 54, 55
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -145/03 : paragraph 43
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -344/04 : paragraph 53
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -419/04 : paragraphs 43, 44

Operative part

Information not available

Opinion

• ECSC Treaty (Paris), Article 4 : points 62, 68
  
• ECSC Treaty (Paris), Article 4 -LC : point 2
  
• ECSC Treaty (Paris), Article 95 -L1 : point 3
  
• ECSC Treaty (Paris), Article 95 -L2 : point 3
  
• EC Treaty (Maastricht), Article 85 : point 77
  
• EC Treaty (Maastricht), Article 86 : point 77
  
• EC Treaty (Amsterdam), Article 10 : point 57
  
• EC Treaty (Amsterdam), Article 81 : points 76, 80
  
• EC Treaty (Amsterdam), Article 82 : point 80
  
• EC Treaty (Amsterdam), Article 87 : points 62, 73, 87
  
• EC Treaty (Amsterdam), Article 87 -P1 : points 50, 56
  
• EC Treaty (Amsterdam), Article 88 : points 16, 58, 62, 73, 80, 87
  
• EC Treaty (Amsterdam), Article 88 -P2 : points 19, 56
  
• EC Treaty (Amsterdam), Article 88 -P2L1 : point 56
  
• EC Treaty (Amsterdam), Article 88 -P3 : points 54, 61, 66, 73
  
• EC Treaty (Amsterdam), Article 228 : point 58
  
• EC Treaty (Amsterdam), Article 249 : point 57
  
• ECSC Decision of General Scope 2320/81 : point 4
  
• ECSC Decision of General Scope 2320/81 -A08P1 : point 5
  
• ECSC Decision of General Scope 1018/85 : point 4
  
• ECSC Decision of General Scope 3484/85 : points 1 - 87
  
• ECSC Decision of General Scope 3484/85 -A01P3 : point 7
  
• ECSC Decision of General Scope 3484/85 -A03 : point 6
  
• ECSC Decision of General Scope 3484/85 -A06 : points 54, 63, 66
  
• ECSC Decision of General Scope 3484/85 -A06P1 : point 8
  
• ECSC Decision of General Scope 3484/85 -A06P2 : point 8
  
• ECSC Decision of General Scope 3484/85 -A06P4 : point 8
  
• ECSC Decision of General Scope 322/89 : point 9
  
• Decision 90/555 : points 18, 23
  
• Regulation 659/1999 : point 81
  
• Regulation 659/1999 -A14P1 : point 21
  
• Regulation 44/2001 : point 44
  
• Regulation 1/2003 : point 78
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -77/72 : point 56
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -120/73 : points 51, 55
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -78/76 : point 56
  
• Court of Justice - Order C -31/77 : point 51
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -323/82 : point 81
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -91/83 : point 51
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -94/87 : point 60
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -142/87 : point 60
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -301/87 : point 51
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -5/89 : points 60, 85
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -354/90 : points 50, 53, 55
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -17/91 : point 55
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -198/91 : point 81
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -225/91 : point 81
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -188/92 : point 82
  
• General Court - Judgment T -266/94 : point 81
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -39/94 : points 53, 55, 79
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -24/95 : points 60, 85
  
• Court of Justice - Order C -397/95 : point 38
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -126/97 : points 38, 42, 43, 62, 76
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -295/97 : points 53, 79
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -344/98 : points 77, 79
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -480/98 : point 60
  
• Court of Justice - Opinion C -321/99 : point 62
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -334/99 : point 51
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -453/00 : points 38, 41, 45
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -501/00 : point 51
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -224/01 : points 38, 40, 45
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -174/02 : points 55, 58
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -442/03 : point 38
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -234/04 : points 38, 42, 44
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -393/04 : point 55
  

Dates

Date of the lodging of the application initiating proceedings

• 14/03/2005

Date of the Opinion

• 14/09/2006

Date of the hearing

Information not available

Date of delivery

18/07/2007

References

Publication in the Official Journal

Application: OJ C 132 from 28.05.2005, p.13

Judgment: OJ C 211 from 08.09.2007, p.3

Name of the parties

Lucchini

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Procedural Analysis Information

Source of the question referred for a preliminary ruling

Consiglio di Stato - Italy

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

• Reference for a preliminary ruling
  

Formation of the Court

Grande chambre (Cour)

Judge-Rapporteur

Schiemann

Advocate General

Geelhoed

Language(s) of the Case

• Italian
  

Language(s) of the Opinion

• Dutch