10.10.2009
EN
Official Journal of the European Union
C 244/14
Action brought on 6 August 2009 — Intercéréales and Grossi v Commission
(Case T-314/09)
2009/C 244/24
Language of the case: French
Parties
Applicants: Intercéréales (Paris, France) and Alain Grossi (Nîmes, France) (represented by: B. Le Bret and L. Olza Moreno, lawyers)
Defendant: Commission of the European Communities
Form of order sought
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Annul the contested decision;
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order the Commission to pay the costs of the proceedings.
Pleas in law and main arguments
By the present action the applicants seek the annulment of Commission Decision C(2008) 7846 final (1) of 10 December 2008 in which the Commission found that the umbrella scheme likely to be run by the inter-branch organisations of French farmers (organisations interprofessionnelles agricoles françaises), consisting in aids for technical assistance; for the production and marketing of high-quality agricultural products; for research and development, and for advertising which promotes primary producers and undertakings active in the processing and marketing of agricultural products, financed by voluntary levies made compulsory by way of ministerial decree, levied on members of those inter-branch organisations, constitutes State aid which is compatible with the common market.
The pleas and principal submissions relied upon by the applicants are substantially the same as, or similar to, those put forward in the context of Case T-293/09 CNIEL v Commission.
(1) OJ 2009 C 116, p. 14
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