20.10.2007   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 247/22


Judgment of the Court of First Instance of 12 September 2007 — MTU Friedrichshafen v Commission

(Case T-196/02) (1)

(State aid - Restructuring aid - Decision ordering the recovery of aid incompatible with the common market - Article 13(1) of Regulation (EC) No 659/1999 - Joint and several liability)

(2007/C 247/31)

Language of the case: German

Parties

Applicant: MTU Friedrichshafen GmbH (Friedrichshafen, Germany) (represented by F. Montag and T. Lübbig, lawyers)

Defendant: Commission of the European Communities (represented by V. Kreuschitz, V. Di Bucci and T. Scharf, acting as Agents)

Re:

Application for the annulment of Article 3(2) of Commission Decision 2002/898/EC of 9 April 2002 on the State aid implemented by Germany for SKL Motoren- und Systembautechnik GmbH (OJ 2002 L 314, p. 75).

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

1.

Annuls Article 3(2) of Commission Decision 2002/898/EC of 9 April 2002 on the State aid implemented by Germany for SKL Motoren- und Systembautechnik GmbH, in so far as it orders MTU Friedrichshafen GmbH to repay jointly and severally a sum of EUR 2,71 million;

2.

orders the Commission to bear its own costs and to pay the costs incurred by MTU Friedrichshafen.


(1)  OJ C 219, 14.9.2002.