Judgment of the Court of 3 July 2003. Chronopost SA, La Poste and French Republic v Union française de lexpress (Ufex), DHL International, Federal express international (France) SNC and CRIE SA. Appeal - State aid - Postal sector - Public undertaking entrusted with a service of general economic interest - Logistical and commercial assistance to a subsidiary not operating in a reserved sector - Concept of State aid - Criterion of private operator acting under normal market conditions. Joined cases C-83/01 P, C-93/01 P and C-94/01 P.

«(Appeal – State aid – Postal sector – Public undertaking entrusted with a service of general economic interest – Logistical and commercial assistance to a subsidiary not operating in a reserved sector – Concept of State aid – Criterion of private operator acting under normal market conditions)»

JUDGMENT OF THE COURT3 July 2003 (1)

((Appeal – State aid – Postal sector – Public undertaking entrusted with a service of general economic interest – Logistical and commercial assistance to a subsidiary not operating in a reserved sector – Concept of State aid – Criterion of private operator acting under normal market conditions))

appellants,

THE COURT,,

having regard to the Report for the Hearing,

after hearing the Opinion of the Advocate General at the sitting on 12 December 2002,

gives the following

On those grounds,

THE COURT,

Rodríguez Iglesias

Puissochet

Wathelet

Gulmann

Edward

Jann

Skouris

Macken

Colneric

von Bahr

Rosas

R. Grass

G.C. Rodríguez Iglesias

Registrar

President