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Document C2006/178/01
Joined Cases C-442/03 P and C-471/03 P: Judgement of the Court (Third Chamber) of 1 June 2006 — P&O European Ferries (Vizcaya) SA v Diputación Foral de Vizcaya, Commission of the European Communities (State aid — Appeals — Actions for annulment — Decision terminating a review procedure initiated under Article 88(2) EC — Concept of State aid — Force of res judicata — Aid which may be declared compatible with the common market — Social aid — Conditions)
Joined Cases C-442/03 P and C-471/03 P: Judgement of the Court (Third Chamber) of 1 June 2006 — P&O European Ferries (Vizcaya) SA v Diputación Foral de Vizcaya, Commission of the European Communities (State aid — Appeals — Actions for annulment — Decision terminating a review procedure initiated under Article 88(2) EC — Concept of State aid — Force of res judicata — Aid which may be declared compatible with the common market — Social aid — Conditions)
Joined Cases C-442/03 P and C-471/03 P: Judgement of the Court (Third Chamber) of 1 June 2006 — P&O European Ferries (Vizcaya) SA v Diputación Foral de Vizcaya, Commission of the European Communities (State aid — Appeals — Actions for annulment — Decision terminating a review procedure initiated under Article 88(2) EC — Concept of State aid — Force of res judicata — Aid which may be declared compatible with the common market — Social aid — Conditions)
JO C 178, 29.7.2006, p. 1–1
(ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, IT, LV, LT, HU, NL, PL, PT, SK, SL, FI, SV)
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29.7.2006 |
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Official Journal of the European Union |
C 178/1 |
Judgement of the Court (Third Chamber) of 1 June 2006 — P&O European Ferries (Vizcaya) SA v Diputación Foral de Vizcaya, Commission of the European Communities
(Joined Cases C-442/03 P and C-471/03 P) (1)
(State aid - Appeals - Actions for annulment - Decision terminating a review procedure initiated under Article 88(2) EC - Concept of State aid - Force of res judicata - Aid which may be declared compatible with the common market - Social aid - Conditions)
(2006/C 178/01)
Languages of the case: English and Spanish
Parties
Appellant (in Case C-442/03 P): P&O European Ferries (Vizcaya) SA (represented by: J. Lever QC, J. Ellison, solicitor, and M. Pickford, barrister, assisted by E. Bourtzalas, abogado)
Appellant (in Case C-471/03 P): Diputación Foral de Vizcaya (represented by: I. Sáenz-Cortabarría Fernández, M. Morales Isasi and J. Forguera Crespo, abogados)
Other party to the proceedings: Commission of the European Communities (represented by: N. Khan and J. Buendía Sierra, Agents)
Re:
Appeals against the judgment of the Court of First Instance (First Chamber, Extended Composition) of 5 August 2003 in Joined Cases T-116/01 and T-118/01 P&O European Ferries (Vizcaya) and Diputación Foral de Vizcaya v Commission dismissing an application seeking the annulment of Article 2 of Commission Decision 2001/247/EC of 29 November 2000 on the aid scheme implemented by Spain in favour of the shipping company Ferries Golfo de Vizcaya SA, now P&O European Ferries (Vizcaya) SA, and ordering the repayment of the aid held to be incompatible with the common market
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
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Dismisses the appeals; |
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Orders P&O Ferries (Vizcaya) SA and the Diputación Foral de Vizcaya to pay the costs. |
(1) OJ C 7, 10.1.2004 and OJ C 21, 24.1.2004.