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Document C2006/131/69

Case T-351/02: Judgment of the Court of First Instance of 5 April 2006 — Deutsche Bahn v Commission (State aid — Competitor's complaint — Directive 92/81/EEC — Excise duties on mineral oils — Mineral oils used as fuel for the purpose of air navigation — Exemption from duty — Letter from the Commission to a complainant — Action for annulment — Admissibility — Challengeable act — Regulation (EC) No 659/1999 — Concept of aid — Imputability to the State — Equal treatment)

OB C 131, 3.6.2006, p. 37–38 (ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, IT, LV, LT, HU, NL, PL, PT, SK, SL, FI, SV)

3.6.2006   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 131/37


Judgment of the Court of First Instance of 5 April 2006 — Deutsche Bahn v Commission

(Case T-351/02) (1)

(State aid - Competitor's complaint - Directive 92/81/EEC - Excise duties on mineral oils - Mineral oils used as fuel for the purpose of air navigation - Exemption from duty - Letter from the Commission to a complainant - Action for annulment - Admissibility - Challengeable act - Regulation (EC) No 659/1999 - Concept of aid - Imputability to the State - Equal treatment)

(2006/C 131/69)

Language of the case: German

Parties

Applicant: Deutsche Bahn (Berlin, Germany) (represented by: M. Schütte, M. Reysen and W. Kirchhoff, then M. Schütte and M. Reysen, lawyers)

Defendant: Commission of the European Communities (represented by: V. Kreutschitz and J. Flett, agents)

Intervener in support of the defendant: Council of the European Union (represented by: A.-M. Colaert, F. Florindo Gijón and C. Saile, agents)

Re:

Application for annulment of the Commission's decision of 12 September 2002 rejecting a complaint lodged by the applicant on 5 July 2002.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

1.

Rejects the action;

2.

Orders the applicant to pay the costs;

3.

Orders the Council to bear its own costs.


(1)  OJ 2003 C 31, p. 19.


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