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JUDGMENT OF THE COURT
23 May 2000 (1)
(Appeal - Natural and legal persons - Measure of direct and individual concern to them - State aid - Decision declaring aid incompatible with the common market - Trade unions and works councils)
In Case C-106/98 P,
Comité d'Entreprise de la Société Française de Production, established in Bry-sur-Marne (France),
Syndicat National de Radiodiffusion et de Télévision CGT (SNRT-CGT), established in Paris,
Syndicat Unifié de Radio et de Télévision CFDT (SURT-CFDT), established in Paris,
Syndicat National Force Ouvrière de Radiodiffusion et de Télévision, established in Paris,
Syndicat National de l'Encadrement Audiovisuel CFE-CGC (SNEA-CFE-CGC), established in Paris,
represented by H. Masse-Dessen, lawyer with right of audience before the French Conseil d'État and Cour de Cassation, with an address for service in Luxembourg at the Chambers of G. Thomas, 77 Boulevard Grande-Duchesse Charlotte,
appellants,
APPEAL against the order of the Court of First Instance of the European Communities (Second Chamber, Extended Composition) of 18 February 1998 in Case T-189/97 Comité d'Entreprise de la Société Française de Production and Others v Commission [1998] ECR II-335, seeking to have that order set aside,
the other party to the proceedings being:
Commission of the European Communities, represented by G. Rozet, Legal Adviser, and D. Triantafyllou, of its Legal Service, acting as Agents, with an address for service in Luxembourg at the Chambers of Carlos Gómez de la Cruz, of the same service, Wagner Centre, Kirchberg,
defendant at first instance,
THE COURT,
composed of: G.C. Rodríguez Iglesias, President, D.A.O. Edward, L. Sevón, R. Schintgen (Rapporteur) (Presidents of Chambers), P.J.G. Kapteyn, C. Gulmann, J.-P. Puissochet, G. Hirsch, P. Jann, H. Ragnemalm and M. Wathelet, Judges,
Advocate General: D. Ruiz-Jarabo Colomer,
Registrar: H. von Holstein, Deputy Registrar,
having regard to the Report for the Hearing,
after hearing oral argument from the parties at the hearing on 21 September 1999,
after hearing the Opinion of the Advocate General at the sitting on 9 November 1999,
gives the following
Facts and procedure before the Court of First Instance
Contested order
Appeal
- set the contested order aside;
- declare admissible their application at first instance;
- annul the decision at issue;
- order the Commission to pay the costs and to pay each of the appellants ECU 20 000 in respect of the costs they have incurred.
- dismiss the appeal as unfounded;
- in the alternative, declare inadmissible the application for annulment of the decision at issue or, in the further alternative, declare it unfounded;
- order the appellants to pay the costs.
Findings of the Court of Justice
Costs
58. Under Article 69(2) of the Rules of Procedure, which is applicable to the appeal procedure by virtue of Article 118 of those rules, the unsuccessful party is to be ordered to pay the costs if they have been applied for in the successful party's pleadings. Since the Commission has applied for costs and the appellants have been unsuccessful, the appellants must be ordered to pay the costs.
On those grounds,
THE COURT
hereby:
1. Dismisses the appeal;
2. Orders the works council of Société Française de Production, Syndicat National de Radiodiffusion et de Télévision CGT (SNRT-CGT), Syndicat Unifié de Radio et de Télévision CFDT (SURT-CFDT), Syndicat National Force Ouvrière de Radiodiffusion et de Télévision and Syndicat National de l'Encadrement Audiovisuel CFE-CGC (SNEA-CFE-CGC) to pay the costs.
Rodríguez Iglesias
Schintgen
Puissochet
Ragnemalm Wathelet
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Delivered in open court in Luxembourg on 23 May 2000.
R. Grass G.C. Rodríguez Iglesias
Registrar President
1: Language of the case: French.