2002/643/EC: Commission Decision of 7 May 2002 relating to alleged State aid by the Federal Republic of Germany for the company BahnTrans GmbH (Text with EEA relevance) (notified under document number C(2002) 1599)

• Articles: 2

Article 1

The commercial relationships between DB AG and the company BahnTrans, do not, for the time between September 1994 and June 1998, entail aid within the meaning of Article 87(1) of the Treaty.

Article 2

This Decision is addressed to the Federal Republic of Germany.

Done at Brussels, 7 May 2002.

For the Commission

Loyola De Palacio

Vice-President

(1) OJ C 52, 17.2.2001, p. 2.

(2) The complainant sent further letters to the Commission, dated 31 July 1996, 7 November 1996, 8 January 1997, 24 March 1997, 4 August 1997, 28 October 1997, 4 November 1997, 22 January 1998, 25 March 1998, 13 May 1998, 25 June 1998, 11 December 1998, 15 December 1998, 16 April 1999, 14 September 1999, 27 October 1999 and 17 May 2000. The Commission in turn replied to the complainant by letters dated 27 September 1996, 4 August 1997, 13 October 1997, 2 December 1997, 12 October 1998, 20 December 1999 and 23 May 2000.

(3) Commission letters dated 20 June 1996, 28 May 1997, 1 September 1997 and 28 May 1998. Germany replied with letters dated 1 July 1997, 12 September 1997, 30 September 1997 and 17 July 1998.

(4) See footnote 1.

(5) KPMG, Prüfungsbericht, Wertgrundlagen des Teilbetriebs Stückgut der Thyssen Haniel Logistic GmbH Engelhardt, Düsseldorf, für die Sacheinlage in die BahnTrans GmbH, Duisburg, zum 1. Oktober 1994.

(6) See Deutsche Anlagen-Leasing GmbH, Annual Reports 1990, 1999.

(7) Relationship: [...]/[...].

(8) Fachvereinigung Spedition und Lagerei Nordrhein eV, Jahresbericht in Schlagzeilen, 1993/1994.

(9) See Bundesverband Spedition und Logistik eV, Zahlen, Daten, Fakten (2000).

(10) Judgment of the Court of First Instance, 14 December 2000, Case T-613/97, Ufex et al. v. Commission, ECR 2000 II, p. 4055, paragraph 77.

(11) See also Opinion of Advocate-General Jacobs, 13 December 2001, Case C-482/99, France v. Commission (Stardust Marine), at point 47.

(12) Case C-305/89, Italy v. Commission (Alfa Romeo), ECR 1991, p. I-1603, paragraph 8.

(13) Commission communication, OJ C 307, 13.11.1993, p. 3, point 11.

(14) Case C-34/94, SFEI et al. v. La Poste et al. (La Poste), ECR 1996 p. I-3547.

(15) Advocate-General Jacobs' conclusions in "La Poste", paragraph 61.

(16) See above, under recital 7.

(17) See above, under recitals 14 et seq.

(18) See above, under recital 16.

(19) See above, under recital 17.

(20) Compare Ufex et al., cited at footnote 10, at point 75.