Judgment of the General Court (Seventh Chamber) of 5 February 2025.#Ryanair DAC v European Commission.#State aid – Portuguese air transport market – Rescue aid granted by Portugal to TAP SGPS – State loan – Decision not to raise any objections – Action for annulment – Locus standi – Admissibility – Eligibility – Point 22 of the Guidelines on State aid for rescuing and restructuring undertakings in difficulty – Company belonging to a group – Intrinsic difficulties not resulting from an arbitrary allocation of costs within the group – Difficulties which are too serious to be dealt with by the group itself – Appropriateness of the aid – Proportionality – Weighing up of the positive and negative effects – Freedom of establishment – Freedom to provide services – Equal treatment – Obligation to state reasons.#Case T-743/21.

Judgment of the General Court (Seventh Chamber) of 5 February 2025.
Ryanair DAC v European Commission.
State aid – Portuguese air transport market – Rescue aid granted by Portugal to TAP SGPS – State loan – Decision not to raise any objections – Action for annulment – Locus standi – Admissibility – Eligibility – Point 22 of the Guidelines on State aid for rescuing and restructuring undertakings in difficulty – Company belonging to a group – Intrinsic difficulties not resulting from an arbitrary allocation of costs within the group – Difficulties which are too serious to be dealt with by the group itself – Appropriateness of the aid – Proportionality – Weighing up of the positive and negative effects – Freedom of establishment – Freedom to provide services – Equal treatment – Obligation to state reasons.
Case T-743/21.

Judgment of the General Court (Seventh Chamber) of 5 February 2025.
Ryanair DAC v European Commission.
State aid – Portuguese air transport market – Rescue aid granted by Portugal to TAP SGPS – State loan – Decision not to raise any objections – Action for annulment – Locus standi – Admissibility – Eligibility – Point 22 of the Guidelines on State aid for rescuing and restructuring undertakings in difficulty – Company belonging to a group – Intrinsic difficulties not resulting from an arbitrary allocation of costs within the group – Difficulties which are too serious to be dealt with by the group itself – Appropriateness of the aid – Proportionality – Weighing up of the positive and negative effects – Freedom of establishment – Freedom to provide services – Equal treatment – Obligation to state reasons.
Case T-743/21.

ECLI identifier: ECLI:EU:T:2025:135