Subject of the case

Re:

ANNULMENT of the Commission’s decision of 19 June 2002 to raise no objections to aid granted by the German authorities to Zellstoff Stendal for the construction of a production plant for pulp.

Operative part

Operative part

The Court:

1. Dismisses the action;

2. Orders Kronoply GmbH & Co. KG and Kronotex GmbH & Co. KG to bear their own costs and to pay those incurred by the Commission of the European Communities, Zellstoff Stendal GmbH, and the Land Sachsen-Anhalt.

3. Orders the Federal Republic of Germany to bear its own costs.