Memo: Competition: Commission welcomes Court of Justice judgment in Lenzing State aid case

The European Commission welcomes the judgment by the European Court of Justice dismissing the action by the Spanish viscose producer Sniace S.A. against the judgment of the Court of First Instance of 14 April 2005 (Case T-88/01). In this latter judgement, the Court of First Instance declared inadmissible Sniace's action for annulment of a Commission Decision of 19 July 2000 authorising state aid granted by Austria to Lenzing Lyocell GmbH & Co. KG (LLG). The Court of Justice has now confirmed the original findings of the Court of First Instance, and dismissed the appeal in its entirety.