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(Case C-83/09 P)
2009/C 102/25
Language of the case: German
Appellant: Commission of the European Communities (represented by: K. Gross and V. Kreuschitz, Agents)
Other parties to the proceedings: Kronoply GmbH & Co. KG, Kronotex GmbH & Co. KG, Zellstoff Stendal GmbH, Federal Republic of Germany and Land Sachsen-Anhalt
—Set aside the judgment under appeal in so far as it declares admissible the action for annulment brought by Kronoply GmbH & Co. KG and Kronotex GmbH & Co. KG against the Commission’s decision of 19 June 2002 to raise no objections to aid granted by Germany in favour of Zellstoff Stendal GmbH for the construction of a production plant for pulp;
—dismiss as inadmissible the action for annulment brought by Kronoply GmbH & Co. KG and Kronotex GmbH & Co. KG against the contested act;
—order Kronoply GmbH & Co. KG and Kronotex GmbH & Co. KG to pay the costs.
In the Commission’s view, the establishment of a right of action against decisions on aid in favour of parties concerned within the meaning of Article 88(2) EC infringes the requirements laid down in the fourth paragraph of Article 230 EC as to the admissibility of actions. Parties concerned who are not parties to the aid procedure do not have their own party rights, enforceable by bringing proceedings. Instead, individual concern is to be determined on the basis of the Court’s Plaumann formula. Individual concern can, therefore, arise only by virtue of the economic impact of the aid on the applicant.
In addition, the judgment under appeal includes an inadmissible reinterpretation of the forms of order sought. In the Commission’s opinion, the Court examined arguments put forward by the applicant which were not put forward in regard to the protection of the applicant’s alleged procedural rights, even though the action was admissible only for the purposes of protecting the alleged procedural rights.
The judgment under appeal would ultimately lead to the introduction of a popular action against State aid law decisions which is extraneous to Community law.
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