1.8.2009   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 180/41


Judgment of the Court of First Instance of 11 June 2009 — Italy v Commission

(Case T-222/04) (1)

(State aid - Scheme of aid granted by the Italian authorities to certain public utilities in the form of tax exemptions and loans at preferential rates - Decision declaring the aid incompatible with the common market - Existing aid or new aid - Article 86(2) EC)

2009/C 180/75

Language of the case: Italian

Parties

Applicant: Italian Republic (represented: initially, by I. Braguglia and, subsequently, by R. Adam and I. Bruni, Agents, and M. Fiorilli, avvocato dello Stato)

Defendant: Commission of the European Communities (represented by: V. Di Bucci, Agent)

Re:

Application for annulment of Article 2 of Commission Decision 2003/193/EC of 5 June 2002 on State aid granted by Italy in the form of tax exemptions and subsidised loans to public utilities with a majority public capital holding (OJ 2003 L 77, p. 21).

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

1.

Dismisses the action;

2.

Orders the Italian Republic to pay its own costs as well as those incurred by the Commission.


(1)  OJ C 233, 28.9.2002 (formerly Case C-290/02).