Rijn-Schelde-Verolme (RSV) Machinefabrieken en Scheepswerven NV v Commission of the European Communities.

JurisdictionEuropean Union
Celex Number61985CJ0223
ECLIECLI:EU:C:1987:502
CourtCourt of Justice (European Union)
Date24 November 1987
Docket Number223/85
Procedure TypeRecours en annulation - fondé
EUR-Lex - 61985J0223 - FR 61985J0223

Arrêt de la Cour du 24 novembre 1987. - Rijn-Schelde-Verolme (RSV) Machinefabrieken en Scheepswerven NV contre Commission des Communautés européennes. - Aides d'État - Secteur de la grande construction navale et de la grande construction off-shore. - Affaire 223/85.

Recueil de jurisprudence 1987 page 04617


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AIDES ACCORDEES PAR LES ETATS - DECISION DE LA COMMISSION CONSTATANT L' INCOMPATIBILITE D' UNE AIDE AVEC LE MARCHE COMMUN - DECISION INTERVENUE AVEC UN RETARD INJUSTIFIE - VIOLATION DANS LE CHEF DES BENEFICIAIRES DU PRINCIPE DE PROTECTION DE LA CONFIANCE LEGITIME

( TRAITE CEE, ART . 93 )

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LORSQUE LA COMMISSION, S' AGISSANT D' UNE AIDE ETATIQUE DESTINEE A COUVRIR LES COUTS SUPPLEMENTAIRES D' UNE OPERATION AYANT FAIT L' OBJET D' UNE AIDE AUTORISEE, DONT L' EXAMEN NE NECESSITAIT PAS UNE RECHERCHE APPROFONDIE, N' A PRIS UNE DECISION CONSTATANT L' INCOMPATIBILITE DE LADITE AIDE AVEC LE MARCHE COMMUN ET ORDONNANT SA SUPPRESSION QUE 26 MOIS APRES SA NOTIFICATION, ON EST EN PRESENCE D' UN RETARD QUI POUVAIT FONDER CHEZ LE BENEFICIAIRE DE L' AIDE UNE CONFIANCE LEGITIME DE NATURE A EMPECHER LA COMMISSION D' ENJOINDRE AUX AUTORITES NATIONALES D' ORDONNER LA RESTITUTION DE L' AIDE .

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DANS L' AFFAIRE 223/85,

RIJN-SCHELDE-VEROLME ( RSV ) MACHINEFABRIEKEN EN SCHEEPSWERVEN, NV, REPRESENTEE PAR ME T.*R . OTTERVANGER, AVOCAT AUX BARREAUX DE ROTTERDAM ET DE BRUXELLES, AYANT ELU DOMICILE A LUXEMBOURG, EN L' ETUDE DE ME G . HARLES, RUE PHILIPPE-II,

PARTIE REQUERANTE,

CONTRE

COMMISSION DES COMMUNAUTES EUROPEENNES, REPRESENTEE PAR MM B . VAN DER ESCH ET F . GRONDMAN, MEMBRES DE SON SERVICE JURIDIQUE, EN QUALITE D' AGENTS, AYANT ELU DOMICILE CHEZ M . G . KREMLIS, MEMBRE DE SON SERVICE JURIDIQUE, BATIMENT JEAN MONNET, KIRCHBERG, A LUXEMBOURG,

PARTIE DEFENDERESSE,

AYANT POUR OBJET L' ANNULATION DE LA DECISION 85/351/CEE DE LA COMMISSION, DU 19 DECEMBRE 1984, CONCERNANT L' AIDE OCTROYEE PAR LE GOUVERNEMENT NEERLANDAIS EN FAVEUR D' UNE ENTREPRISE DE CONSTRUCTION MECANIQUE ( JO 1985, L*188, P.*44 ),

LA COUR,

COMPOSEE DE MM . G . BOSCO, PRESIDENT DE CHAMBRE, F.F . DE PRESIDENT, J.*C . MOITINHO DE ALMEIDA ET G.*C . RODRIGUEZ IGLESIAS, PRESIDENTS DE CHAMBRE, T . KOOPMANS, U . EVERLING, R . JOLIET ET F . SCHOCKWEILER, JUGES,

AVOCAT GENERAL : SIR GORDON SLYNN

GREFFIER : M . P . HEIM

VU LE RAPPORT D' AUDIENCE ET A LA SUITE DE LA PROCEDURE ORALE DU 11 MARS 1987,

AYANT ENTENDU LES CONCLUSIONS DE L' AVOCAT GENERAL PRESENTEES A L' AUDIENCE DU 18 JUIN 1987,

REND LE PRESENT

ARRET

Motifs de l'arrêt

1 PAR REQUETE DEPOSEE AU GREFFE DE LA COUR LE 22 JUILLET 1985, LA RIJN-SCHELDE-VEROLME MACHINEFABRIEKEN EN SCHEEPSWERVEN NV ( CI-APRES "RSV "), AYANT SON SIEGE SOCIAL A ROTTERDAM ( PAYS-BAS ), A INTRODUIT, EN VERTU DE L' ARTICLE 173, ALINEA 2, DU TRAITE CEE, UN RECOURS VISANT PRINCIPALEMENT A L' ANNULATION DE LA DECISION 85/351 DE LA COMMISSION, DU 19 DECEMBRE 1984 ( JO 1985, L*188, P.*44 ), PAR LAQUELLE CELLE-CI A CONSTATE QUE L' AIDE D' UN MONTANT DE 294 MILLIONS DE HFL, ACCORDEE A LA REQUERANTE, EN 1982, PAR LE GOUVERNEMENT NEERLANDAIS, ETAIT INCOMPATIBLE AVEC LE MARCHE COMMUN AU SENS DE L' ARTICLE 92 DU TRAITE CEE ET DEVAIT ETRE SUPPRIMEE; LE RECOURS VISE SUBSIDIAIREMENT A L' ANNULATION DES ARTICLES 2 ET 3 DE CETTE DECISION, QUI ORDONNENT LA SUPPRESSION...

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  • The Coca-Cola Company y Coca-Cola Enterprises Inc. contra Comisión de las Comunidades Europeas.
    • European Union
    • General Court (European Union)
    • 22 March 2000
    ...before the national courts by a potential complainant in a later action (see also Case 17/78 Deshormes v Commission [1979] ECR 189, Case 223/85 RSV v Commission [1987] ECR 4617, Case 167/86 Rousseau v Court of Auditors [1988] ECR 2705, paragraph 7, and Case T-353/94 Postbank v Commission [1......
  • Italian Republic v European Commission.
    • European Union
    • General Court (European Union)
    • 22 April 2016
    ...from requiring that Member State to order the refund of that aid (judgment of 24 November 1987 in RSV v Commission, 223/85, ECR, EU:C:1987:502, paragraph 17). In the case of State aid that has not been notified, however, such a delay may be imputed to the Commission only from the time when ......
  • Italy v Commission
    • European Union
    • General Court (European Union)
    • 22 April 2016
    ...from requiring that Member State to order the refund of that aid (judgment of 24 November 1987 in RSV v Commission, 223/85, ECR, EU:C:1987:502, paragraph 17). In the case of State aid that has not been notified, however, such a delay may be imputed to the Commission only from the time when ......
  • Confederación Española de Transporte de Mercancías (CETM) contra Comisión de las Comunidades Europeas.
    • European Union
    • General Court (European Union)
    • 29 September 2000
    ...in the Commission notice on the de minimis rule for State aid (OJ 1996 C 68, p. 9).117 The applicant claims, relying on the judgment in Case 223/85 RSV v Commission [1987] ECR 4617, the Opinion of Advocate General Tesauro in Case C-169/95 Spain v Commission, cited in paragraph 109 above (at......
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  • Opinion of Advocate General Szpunar delivered on 7 September 2023.
    • European Union
    • Court of Justice (European Union)
    • 7 September 2023
    ...aiuto illegale facendo valere un legittimo affidamento sorto in capo ad esse. V. sentenze del 24 novembre 1987, RSV/Commissione (223/85, EU:C:1987:502, punto 17), e del 29 aprile 2004, Italia/Commissione (C‑298/00 P, EU:C:2004:240, punto 90). Tuttavia, il legittimo affidamento invocato in u......
  • Regione Friuli Venezia Giulia v Commission of the European Communities.
    • European Union
    • General Court (European Union)
    • 4 April 2001
    ...case-law, a long interval which has elapsed prior to the adoption of the contested decision can constitute such exceptional circumstances (Case 223/85 RSV v Commission [1987] ECR 4617).100 The Commission states that the obligation to recover aid, imposed in the contested decision, applies t......
  • French Republic v European Commission.
    • European Union
    • General Court (European Union)
    • 22 April 2016
    ...from requiring that Member State to order the refund of that aid (judgment of 24 November 1987 in RSV v Commission, 223/85, ECR, EU:C:1987:502, paragraph 17). In the case of State aid that has not been notified, however, such a delay may be imputed to the Commission only from the time when ......
  • Federal Republic of Germany v Commission of the European Communities.
    • European Union
    • Court of Justice (European Union)
    • 28 January 2003
    ...35 As regards, first, the subsidies which had already been paid when they were notified, the German Government refers to the judgment in Case 223/85 RSV v Commission [1987] ECR 4617, according to which an unlimited period is not available to the Commission for deciding, in the light the rul......
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2 books & journal articles
  • Towards Administrative Human Rights in the EU. Impact of the Charter of Fundamental Rights
    • European Union
    • Wiley European Law Journal No. 10-3, May 2004
    • 1 May 2004
    ...time-limits to be necessary in connection with the requirements of legal certainty and of thecontinuity of Community action.104 Case 223/85 RSV v Commission [1987] ECR 4617, para 17.105 RSV,loc.cit.,para 14.106 Interhotel,loc.cit.107 Ibid.108 Ibid.,para 66. See also Joined Cases T-44/01, T-......
  • Jurisprudencia
    • European Union
    • Régimen jurídico de las ayudas públicas al transporte áereo en la Unión Europea
    • 28 October 2011
    ...16 de junio de 1987, Comisión c/ Italia, as. 118/85, Rep. 1987, p. 2599. Sentencia del TJ de 24 de noviembre de 1987, RSV c/ Comisión, as. C-223/85, Rep. 1987, p. 4617. Sentencia del TJ de 2 de febrero de 1988, Van der Kooy y otros c/ Comisión, asuntos acumulados c-67/85, c-68/85 y c-70/85,......
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