Order of the Court (Seventh Chamber) of 22 March 2012 —
Cantiere navale De Poli v Commission

(Case C‑167/11 P)

Appeal — Article 119 of the Rules of Procedure — State aid — Incompatibility with the common market — Commission decision — Alteration to existing aid — Regulation (EC) No 794/2004 — Regulation (EC) No 1177/2002 — Temporary defensive mechanism for shipbuilding

1.                     State aid — Planned aid — Notifying the Commission — Member States’ discretion concerning the date of notification — In the case of a temporary defensive mechanism, notification necessary before the regulation authorising the grant of aid expires (Art. 88(3) EC; Council Regulation No 1177/2002, Art. 5) (see paras 31, 32)

2.                     Appeals — Pleas in law — Plea raised against a ground of the judgment not necessary to support the operative part — Plea ineffective (see para. 43)

3.                     State aid — Planned aid — Examination by the Commission — Application of the rules of substantive law in force when the Commission took its decision (Art. 88(3) EC; Council Regulation No 1177/2002, Art. 5) (see paras 51-53)

4.                     Union law — Principles — Equal treatment — Meaning — Unequal treatment as a result of the temporal limitation of authorisation to grant State aid in a given sector of the market — Whether objectively justified (Council Regulation No 1177/2002, Art. 5) (see paras 74-76)

5.                     State aid — Commission decision finding a national measure compatible with Article 87(1) EC — No legitimate expectations in the case of alteration to the aid scheme going beyond the bounds of the authorisation decision (Art. 87(1) EC) (see paras 85-87)

6.                     Appeals — Setting out in the application of the pleas in law and legal arguments — Plea plainly not intended to challenge the judgment — Inadmissibility (Art. 256 TFEU; Statute of the Court of Justice, Art. 58, first para.; Rules of Procedure of the Court of Justice, Art. 112(1)(c)) (see paras 99, 100, 115)

Re:

Operative part