EUR-Lex Access to European Union law

Back to EUR-Lex homepage

This document is an excerpt from the EUR-Lex website

Document C2006/326/43

Case C-336/04: Order of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 14 September 2006 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the Commissione tributaria provinciale di Pordenone — Italy) — Banca Popolare FriulAdria SpA v Agenzia delle Entrate, Ufficio Pordenone (State aid — Decision 2002/581/EC — Tax advantages granted to banks — First subparagraph of Article 104(3) of the Rules of Procedure — Question referred for a preliminary ruling identical to a question on which the Court has already ruled)

IO C 326, 30.12.2006, p. 22–22 (ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, IT, LV, LT, HU, NL, PL, PT, SK, SL, FI, SV)

30.12.2006   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 326/22


Order of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 14 September 2006 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the Commissione tributaria provinciale di Pordenone — Italy) — Banca Popolare FriulAdria SpA v Agenzia delle Entrate, Ufficio Pordenone

(Case C-336/04) (1)

(State aid - Decision 2002/581/EC - Tax advantages granted to banks - First subparagraph of Article 104(3) of the Rules of Procedure - Question referred for a preliminary ruling identical to a question on which the Court has already ruled)

(2006/C 326/43)

Language of the case: Italian

Referring court

Commissione tributaria provinciale di Pordenone

Parties to the main proceedings

Applicant: Banca Popolare FriulAdria SpA

Defendant: Agenzia delle Entrate, Ufficio Pordenone

Re:

Reference for a preliminary ruling — Commissione tributaria provinciale di Pordenone — Validity of Commission Decision 2002/581/EC of 11 December 2001 on the tax measures for banks and banking foundations implemented by Italy (notified under document number C(2001) 3955) (OJ 2002 L 184, p. 27)

Operative part of the order

1.

Consideration of the questions referred has disclosed no factor of such a kind as to affect the validity of Commission Decision 2002/581/EC of 11 December 2001 on the tax measures for banks and banking foundations implemented by Italy.

2.

Article 87 EC et seq., Article 14 of Council Regulation (EC) No 659/1999 of 22 March 1999 laying down detailed rules for the application of Article 93 of the EC Treaty and the principles of the protection of legitimate expectations, legal certainty and proportionality cannot preclude a national measure ordering the recovery of aid pursuant to a Commission decision which has classified that aid as incompatible with the common market and consideration of which in the light of those same provisions and general principles has disclosed no factor of such a kind as to affect its validity.


(1)  OJ C 251, 9.10.2004.


Top