Judgment of the Court of First Instance (Third Chamber) of 20 September 2007.#Fachvereinigung Mineralfaserindustrie eV Deutsche Gruppe der Eurima - European Insulation Manufacturers Association v Commission of the European Communities.#State aid - Measures to promote the use of insulating materials produced from renewable raw materials - Decision declaring the aid compatible with the common market - Preliminary investigation procedure - Action for annulment - Admissibility - Meaning of ‘party concerned’ in Article 88(2) EC - Commission’s duty to initiate the inter partes procedure.#Case T-375/03.

Subject of the case

Re:

APPLICATION for annulment of Commission Decision C(2003) 1473 final of 9 July 2003 declaring the measures which the German authorities propose to take to promote the use of insulating materials produced from renewable raw materials compatible with the common market (State aid No 694/2002).

Operative part

Operative part

The Court:

1. Dismisses the action;

2. Orders Fachvereinigung Mineralfaserindustrie eV Deutsche Gruppe der Eurima – European Insulation Manufacturers Association to bear its own costs as well as those incurred by the Commission;

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