JUDGMENT OF THE COURT

(Fifth Chamber)

of 29 April 2004

in Case C-278/00: Hellenic Republic v Commission of the European Communities (1)

(State aid - Settlement by the State of debts incurred by agricultural cooperatives)

(2004/C 118/07)

Language of the case: Greek

In Case C-278/00: Hellenic Republic (Agents: I. Chalkias and C. Tsiavou), with an address for service in Luxembourg, against Commission of the European Communities (Agents: J. Flett and D. Triantafyllou), with an address for service in Luxembourg – action seeking the annulment of Commission Decision 2002/458/EC of 1 March 2002 on the aid schemes implemented by Greece in favour of the settlement of debts by the agricultural cooperatives in 1992 and 1994, including the aids for the reorganisation of the dairy cooperative AGNO (OJ 2002 L 159, p. 1), or in the alternative the annulment of Article 2 of that decision – the Court (Fifth Chamber), composed of: P. Jann, acting for the President of the Fifth Chamber, C.W.A Timmermans and S. von Bahr (Rapporteur), Judges; L.A. Geelhoed, Advocate General; L. Hewlett, Principal Administrator, for the Registrar, has given a judgment on 29 April 2004, in which it:

(1)  OJ C 259 of 9.9.2000.