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Case T-28/22: Judgment of the General Court of 8 May 2024 – Ryanair v Commission (Condor; restructuring aid) (State aid – German air transport market – Restructuring aid granted by Germany to an airline – Changes to the terms of loans granted by Germany and the partial write-off of debts – Decision not to raise any objections – Action for annulment – Locus standi – Admissibility – Safeguarding of procedural rights – Serious difficulties – Article 107(3)(c) TFEU – Point 67 of the Guidelines on State aid for rescuing and restructuring non-financial undertakings in difficulty – Burden sharing)

OJ C, C/2024/3761, 24.6.2024, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2024/3761/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/2024/3761/oj

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C/2024/3761

24.6.2024

Judgment of the General Court of 8 May 2024 – Ryanair v Commission (Condor; restructuring aid)

(Case T-28/22)  (1)

(State aid - German air transport market - Restructuring aid granted by Germany to an airline - Changes to the terms of loans granted by Germany and the partial write-off of debts - Decision not to raise any objections - Action for annulment - Locus standi - Admissibility - Safeguarding of procedural rights - Serious difficulties - Article 107(3)(c) TFEU - Point 67 of the Guidelines on State aid for rescuing and restructuring non-financial undertakings in difficulty - Burden sharing)

(C/2024/3761)

Language of the case: English

Parties

Applicant: Ryanair DAC (Swords, Ireland) (represented by: E. Vahida, S. Rating and I.-G. Metaxas-Maranghidis, lawyers)

Defendant: European Commission (represented by: I. Barcew, V. Bottka and J. Ringborg, acting as Agents)

Interveners in support of the defendant: Federal Republic of Germany (represented by: J. Möller, P.-L. Krüger and J. Buhl, acting as Agents), Condor Flugdienst GmbH (Neu Isenburg, Germany) (represented by: A. Rosenfeld, S. Lünenbürger, A. Birnstiel and S. Blazek, lawyers)

Re:

By its action under Article 263 TFEU, the applicant seeks annulment of Commission Decision C(2021) 5729 final of 26 July 2021 on State aid SA.63203 (2021/N) – Germany – Restructuring aid for Condor.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

1.

Annuls Commission Decision C(2021) 5729 final of 26 July 2021 on State aid SA.63203 (2021/N) – Germany – Restructuring aid for Condor;

2.

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

3.

Orders the Federal Republic of Germany and Condor Flugdienst GmbH to bear their own costs.


(1)   OJ C 109, 7.3.2022.


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2024/3761/oj

ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)


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