Judgment_paragraph 1 · Chronopost SA, La Poste and French Republic v Union française de l'express (Ufex), DHL International, Federal express international (France) SNC and CRIE SA (C-83/01 P, C-93/01 P, C-94/01 P)

1By applications lodged at the Court Registry on 19 and 23 February 2001 respectively, Chronopost SA (‘Chronopost’), La Poste and the French Republic brought appeals pursuant to Article 49 of the EC Statute of the Court of Justice against the judgment of the Court of First Instance in Case T-613/97 Ufex and Others v Commission [2000] ECR II-4055 (‘the judgment under appeal’), by which the Court of First Instance in part annulled Article 1 of Commission Decision 98/365/EC of 1 October 1997 concerning alleged State aid granted by France to SFMI-Chronopost (OJ 1998 L 164, p. 37; ‘the decision at issue’).