7.3.2009   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 55/22


Judgment of the Court of First Instance of 14 January 2009 — Kronoply v Commission

(Case T-162/06) (1)

(State aid - Regional aid for large investment projects - Decision declaring the aid incompatible with the common market - Statement of reasons - Incentive effect of the aid - Necessity of the aid)

(2009/C 55/38)

Language of the case: German

Parties

Applicant: Kronoply GmbH & Co. KG (Heiligengrabe, Germany) (represented by: R. Nierer and L. Gordalla, lawyers)

Defendant: Commission of the European Communities (represented initially by: K. Gross and T. Scharf, and subsequently by V. Kreuschitz, K. Gross and T. Scharf, acting as Agents)

Re:

Application for annulment of Commission Decision 2006/262/EC of 21 September 2005 on State aid No C 5/2004 (ex N 609/2003) which Germany is planning to implement for Kronoply (OJ 2006 L 94, p. 50).

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

1.

Dismisses the action.

2.

Orders Kronoply GmbH & Co. KG to pay the costs.


(1)  OJ C 212, 2.9.2006.