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Presidenza del Consiglio dei Ministri v Fallimento Traghetti del Mediterraneo SpA (C-387/17)
Consideration of the questions referred
The first question
39

Presidenza del Consiglio dei Ministri v Fallimento Traghetti del Mediterraneo SpA (C-387/17)

Judgment of 23 Jan 2019law://eu/cjeu/2017/c-387-17/para_39@2026-11-12

39State aid is liable to affect trade between Member States and to distort or threaten to distort competition, even though the market concerned is only partially open to competition.

Source: EUR-Lex, © European Union, 1998-2026. Reuse authorised under Decision 2011/833/EU.

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Court: Court of Justice · First Chamber
Case: C-387/17 · ECLI:EU:C:2019:51
Decided: 23 Jan 2019
Procedure: Preliminary reference · referred by the Corte suprema di cassazione (Supreme Court of Cassation, Italy)
Applicant: Presidenza dei Consiglio dei Ministri
Defendant: Fallimento Traghetti del Mediterraneo SpA
Rapporteur: A. Arabadjiev
Advocate General: N. Wahl
Bench: 5 judges
R. Silva de Lapuerta, A. Arabadjiev, E. Regan, C.G. Fernlund, S. Rodin
Language: Italian
Official: CURIA · EUR-Lex 62017CJ0387

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Interprets 2: Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (consolidated 2016)2 provisions; Council Regulation (EC) No 659/1999 of 22 March 1999 laying down detailed rules for the application of Article 93 of the EC Treaty
Cited by 7: Casino de Spa SA and Others v État belge (SPF Finances) (C-741/22); RegioJet a. s. and STUDENT AGENCY k.s. v České dráhy a.s. and Others (C-700/22); SIA 'DOBELES HES' and Sabiedrisko pakalpojumu regulēšanas komisija (C-702/20); Ukrselhosprom PCF LLC and Versobank AS v European Central Bank (T-351/18); Dimosia Epicheirisi Ilektrismou AE (DEI) v European Commission (T-639/14 R); Nelson Antunes da Cunha, Lda v Instituto de Financiamento da Agricultura e Pescas IP (IFAP) (C-627/18); Istituto nazionale della previdenza sociale (INPS) v Azienda Napoletana Mobilità SpA (C-659/17)
Cites 18: Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (consolidated 2016)2 provisions; Fallimento Traghetti del Mediterraneo SpA v Presidenza del Consiglio dei Ministri (C-140/09); Unicredito Italiano SpA v Agenzia delle Entrate, Ufficio Genova 1 (C-148/04); Deutsche Lufthansa AG v Flughafen Frankfurt-Hahn GmbH (C-284/12); Traghetti del Mediterraneo SpA v Repubblica italiana (C-173/03); European Commission v World Duty Free Group SA and Others (C-20/15 P, C-21/15 P); Transalpine Ölleitung in Österreich GmbH and Others v Finanzlandesdirektion für Tirol and Others (C-368/04); Italian Republic v Commission of the European Communities (C-298/00 P); Trapeza Eurobank Ergasias AE v Agrotiki Trapeza tis Ellados AE (ATE) and Pavlos Sidiropoulos (C-690/13); Tirrenia di Navigazione SpA and Others v Commission of the European Communities (T-246/99); Tirrenia di Navigazione SpA, Caremar SpA and Others and Navigazione Libera del Golfo SpA v Commission of the European Communities (T-265/04); 2001/851/EC: Commission Decision of 21 June 2001 on the State aid awarded to the Tirrenia di Navigazione shipping company by Italy (Text with EEA relevance) (notified under document number C(2001) 1684); ThyssenKrupp Stainless GmbH and ThyssenKrupp Acciai speciali Terni SpA v Commission of the European Communities (C-65/02 P, C-73/02 P); Alzetta Mauro and others v Commission of the European Communities (T-298/97, T-312/97, T-313/97, T-315/97, T-600/97, T-601/97, T-602/97, T-603/97, T-604/97, T-605/97, T-606/97, T-607/97, T-1/98, T-3/98, T-4/98, T-5/98, T-6/98, T-23/98); Établissement national des produits de l’agriculture et de la mer (FranceAgriMer) v Société anonyme d’intérêt collectif agricole Unanimes (C‑671/11 and C‑672/11), Organisation de producteurs Les Cimes (C‑673/11), Société Agroprovence (C‑674/11), Regalp SA (C‑675/11) and Coopérative des producteurs d’asperges de Montcalm (COPAM) (C‑676/11) (C-671/11, C-672/11, C-673/11, C-674/11, C-675/11, C-676/11); Italian Republic v Commission of the European Communities (C-400/99); Ze Fu Fleischhandel GmbH and Vion Trading GmbH v Hauptzollamt Hamburg-Jonas (C-201/10, C-202/10); Council Regulation (EC) No 659/1999 of 22 March 1999 laying down detailed rules for the application of Article 93 of the EC Treaty