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Document 62020TA0769
Case T-769/20: Judgment of the General Court of 18 October 2023 — Ryanair v Commission (Nordica; COVID-19) (State aid — Estonian air transport market — Aid granted by Estonia to an airline in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic — Recapitalisation and grant of a subsidised loan to Nordica — Decision not to raise any objections — Temporary Framework for State Aid — Measure intended to remedy a serious disturbance in the economy of a Member State — Equal treatment — Freedom of establishment — Freedom to provide services — Obligation to state reasons)
Case T-769/20: Judgment of the General Court of 18 October 2023 — Ryanair v Commission (Nordica; COVID-19) (State aid — Estonian air transport market — Aid granted by Estonia to an airline in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic — Recapitalisation and grant of a subsidised loan to Nordica — Decision not to raise any objections — Temporary Framework for State Aid — Measure intended to remedy a serious disturbance in the economy of a Member State — Equal treatment — Freedom of establishment — Freedom to provide services — Obligation to state reasons)
Case T-769/20: Judgment of the General Court of 18 October 2023 — Ryanair v Commission (Nordica; COVID-19) (State aid — Estonian air transport market — Aid granted by Estonia to an airline in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic — Recapitalisation and grant of a subsidised loan to Nordica — Decision not to raise any objections — Temporary Framework for State Aid — Measure intended to remedy a serious disturbance in the economy of a Member State — Equal treatment — Freedom of establishment — Freedom to provide services — Obligation to state reasons)
OJ C, C/2023/1137, 4.12.2023, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2023/1137/oj (BG, ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, GA, HR, IT, LV, LT, HU, MT, NL, PL, PT, RO, SK, SL, FI, SV)
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Official Journal |
EN Series C |
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C/2023/1137 |
4.12.2023 |
Judgment of the General Court of 18 October 2023 — Ryanair v Commission (Nordica; COVID-19)
(Case T-769/20) (1)
(State aid - Estonian air transport market - Aid granted by Estonia to an airline in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic - Recapitalisation and grant of a subsidised loan to Nordica - Decision not to raise any objections - Temporary Framework for State Aid - Measure intended to remedy a serious disturbance in the economy of a Member State - Equal treatment - Freedom of establishment - Freedom to provide services - Obligation to state reasons)
(C/2023/1137)
Language of the case: English
Parties
Applicant: Ryanair DAC, (Swords, Ireland) (represented by: F.-C. Laprévote, E. Vahida, V. Blanc, S. Rating, I.-G. Metaxas-Maranghidis and D. Pérez de Lamo, lawyers)
Defendant: European Commission (represented by: L. Flynn, C. Georgieva and S. Noë, acting as Agents)
Intervener in support of the defendant: Republic of Estonia (represented by N. Grünberg, acting as Agent)
Re:
By its action on the basis of Article 263 TFEU, the applicant seeks annulment of Commission Decision C(2020) 5616 final of 11 August 2020 on State aid SA.57586 (2020/N) — Estonia — COVID-19: Recapitalisation and subsidised interest loan for Nordica.
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
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Dismisses the action; |
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Orders Ryanair DAC to bear its own costs and to pay those incurred by the European Commission; |
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Orders the Republic of Estonia to bear its own costs. |
ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2023/1137/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)