22.4.2006   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 96/10


Judgment of the Court of First Instance of 22 February 2006 — Le Levant 001 and Others v Commission

(Case T-34/02) (1)

(State aid - Concept of interested party - Formal notice to submit comments - Decision to open the procedure provided for in Article 88(2) EC - Tax deduction measure for certain overseas investments - Development aid for shipbuilding - Assessment in the light of Article 87(1) EC - Obligation to state reasons)

(2006/C 96/17)

Language of the case: French

Parties

Applicants: EURL Le Levant 001 (Paris, France) and the other applicants listed in the Annex to the judgment (represented by: P. Kirch and N Chahid-Nouraï, lawyers)

Defendant: Commission of the European Communities (represented by G. Rozet, acting as Agent)

Re:

Application for annulment of Commission Decision 2001/882/EC of 25 July 2001 on the State aid implemented by France in the form of development assistance for the cruise vessel Le Levant, built by Alstom Leroux Naval for operation in Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon (OJ 2001 L 327, p. 37).

Operative part of the judgment

The Court

1.

Annuls Commission Decision 2001/882/EC of 25 July 2001 on the State aid implemented by France in the form of development assistance for the cruise vessel Le Levant, built by Alstom Leroux Naval for operation in Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon;

2.

Orders the Commission to bear its own costs and to pay the costs incurred by the applicants, including those relating to the interim proceedings.


(1)  OJ 109, 4.5.2002.