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Case T-146/22: Judgment of the General Court of 7 February 2024 — Ryanair v Commission (KLM II; COVID-19) (State aid — Aid granted by the Netherlands to KLM in the context of the COVID 19 pandemic — State guarantee for a bank loan and a subordinated loan by the State — Decision declaring the aid compatible with the internal market — Action for annulment — Locus standi — Substantial adverse effect on the applicant’s position on the market — Admissibility — Determination of the beneficiary of the aid in the context of a group of companies)

OJ C, C/2024/2293, 2.4.2024, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2024/2293/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)

ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2024/2293/oj

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C/2024/2293

2.4.2024

Judgment of the General Court of 7 February 2024 — Ryanair v Commission (KLM II; COVID-19)

(Case T-146/22) (1)

(State aid - Aid granted by the Netherlands to KLM in the context of the COVID 19 pandemic - State guarantee for a bank loan and a subordinated loan by the State - Decision declaring the aid compatible with the internal market - Action for annulment - Locus standi - Substantial adverse effect on the applicant’s position on the market - Admissibility - Determination of the beneficiary of the aid in the context of a group of companies)

(C/2024/2293)

Language of the case: English

Parties

Applicant: Ryanair DAC (Swords, Ireland) (represented by: E. Vahida, F.-C. Laprévote, V. Blanc, D. Pérez de Lamo and S. Rating, lawyers)

Defendant: European Commission (represented by: C. Georgieva, J. Carpi Badía and M. Farley, acting as Agents)

Interveners in support of the defendant: French Republic (represented by: T. Stéhelin, B. Fodda, T. Lechevallier and P. Dodeller, acting as Agents), Kingdom of the Netherlands (represented by: M. Bulterman, C. Schillemans, E. Besselink and J. Langer, acting as Agents, and by S. Corrijn, lawyer), Société Air France (Tremblay-en-France, France), Air France-KLM (Paris, France) (represented by: J. Derenne and D. Vallindas, lawyers), Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij NV (Amstelveen, Netherlands) (represented by: K. Schillemans, P. Huizing and E. de Krom, lawyers)

Re:

By its action under Article 263 TFEU, the applicant seeks the annulment of Commission Decision C(2021) 5437 final of 16 July 2021 on State Aid SA.57116 (2020/N) — The Netherlands — COVID-19: State loan guarantee and State loan for KLM.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

1.

Annuls Commission Decision C(2021) 5437 final of 16 July 2021 on State aid SA.57116 (2020/N) — The Netherlands — COVID-19: State loan guarantee and State loan for KLM;

2.

Orders the European Commission to bear its own costs and to pay those incurred by Ryanair DAC;

3.

Orders the French Republic, the Kingdom of the Netherlands, Air France-KLM, Société Air France and Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij NV to bear their own respective costs.


(1)   OJ C 198, 16.5.2022.


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2024/2293/oj

ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)


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