Case T-259/20

C-210/21 P

Court of Justice

Status: Closed

Case on which the appeal is based: 62020TJ0259

DECISION

Title: Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 23 November 2023. Ryanair DAC v European Commission. Appeal – State aid – Article 107(2)(b) TFEU – French air transport market – Aid scheme notified by the French Republic – Deferral of the payment of airline taxes and charges to support airlines amid the COVID-19 pandemic – Temporary Framework for State aid measures – Decision by the European Commission not to raise objections – Aid intended to make good the damage suffered as a result of an exceptional occurrence – Principles of proportionality and non-discrimination – Free provision of services. Case C-210/21 P.
ECLI identifier: ECLI:EU:C:2023:908

23/11/2023

Title: Judgment of the General Court (Tenth Chamber, Extended Composition) of 17 February 2021. Ryanair DAC v European Commission. State aid – French air-transport market – Deferral of payment of civil aviation tax and solidarity tax on airline tickets due on a monthly basis during the period from March to December 2020 in the context of the Covid-19 pandemic – Decision not to raise any objections – Aid intended to make good the damage caused by an exceptional occurrence – Free provision of services – Equal treatment – Criterion of holding a licence issued by the French authorities – Proportionality – Article 107(2)(b) TFEU – Duty to state reasons. Case T-259/20.
ECLI identifier: ECLI:EU:T:2021:92
Applicant: Individual
Defendant: European Commission, EU institutions and bodies
Judge-Rapporteur: Buttigieg
Type of procedure: Action for annulment - unfounded
Complementary documents:: Communication published in the Official Journal

17/02/2021

29/06/2020