Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber) of 11 January 2007 – Technische Glaswerke Ilmenau v Commission

(Case C‑404/04 P)

Appeal – State aid – Article 87(1) EC – Contractual promise of payment – Disappearance of an essential condition of the contract – New pleas and arguments – Substitution of reasons – Application for the hearing of witnesses –Private creditor test – Grounds of the judgment of the Court of First Instance – Determination of the amount of aid – Article 87(3)(c) EC – Right to be heard – Breach, in respect of the Member State concerned, of the rights of the defence

1.                     Acts of the institutions – Statement of reasons – Obligation – Scope (Arts 87(1) EC, 88(2) EC and 253 EC) (see para. 30)

2.                     State aid – Meaning (Art. 87 EC) (see paras 45-46)

3.                     Appeal – Grounds – Mere repetition of the pleas and arguments put forward before the Court of First Instance – Error of law pleaded not identified – Inadmissible (Art. 225 EC; Statute of the Court of Justice, Art. 58, first para.; Rules of procedure of the Court, Art. 112(1)(c), first para.) (see paras 48-50)

4.                     Procedure – Statement of reasons for judgments – Scope (see para. 90)

5.                     Community law – Principles – Rights of the defense (Art. 88(2) EC) (see paras 125 and 131)

Re:

Operative part

The Court: