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Document C2004/217/45
Case T-200/04: Action brought on 28 May 2004 by the Regione Autonoma della Sardegna against the Commission of the European Communities
Case T-200/04: Action brought on 28 May 2004 by the Regione Autonoma della Sardegna against the Commission of the European Communities
Case T-200/04: Action brought on 28 May 2004 by the Regione Autonoma della Sardegna against the Commission of the European Communities
OJ C 217, 28.8.2004, p. 24–25
(ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, IT, LV, LT, HU, NL, PL, PT, SK, SL, FI, SV)
28.8.2004 |
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Official Journal of the European Union |
C 217/24 |
Action brought on 28 May 2004 by the Regione Autonoma della Sardegna against the Commission of the European Communities
(Case T-200/04)
(2004/C 217/45)
Language of the case: Italian
An action against the Commission of the European Communities was brought before the Court of First Instance of the European Communities on 28 May 2004 by the Regione Autonoma della Sardegna, represented by Domenico Dodaro, lawyer.
The applicant claims that the Court should:
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declare invalid that part of Commission Decision C(2004) 471of 16 March 2004 holding aid granted by Italy through Article 5 of Law No 22 of the Region of Sardinia of 17 November 2000 to be incompatible with the common market; |
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order the Commission to pay the costs. |
Pleas in law and main arguments:
In the contested decision, the Commission initiated the procedure under Article 88(2) of the Treaty declaring that aid granted by Article 5 of Regional Law 22/2000, providing for ‘interventions in favour of breeders to confront the epizootic disease of blue tongue’, was incompatible with the common market. That law provided for a series of interventions in favour of breeders who had suffered the negative effects of blue tongue.
In support of its claims the applicant pleads the following grounds:
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infringement of essential procedural requirements: The Commission's preliminary investigations for assessing the compatibility of the aid were insufficient in that they did not take account of information available in the notification report and subsequently supplemented by the Region of Sardinia, and in particular of the following circumstances:
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infringement of the provisions of the EC Treaty and the principles of law relating to its application, in so far as:
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