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Document 62020TA0378

Case T-378/20: Judgment of the General Court of 14 April 2021 — Ryanair v Commission (SAS, Denmark; COVID-19) (State aid — Danish air transport market — Aid granted by Denmark to an airline amid the COVID-19 pandemic — Guarantee — Decision not to raise any objections — Commitments as a condition to make the aid compatible with the internal market — Aid intended to make good the damage caused by an exceptional occurrence — Freedom of establishment — Free provision of services — Equal treatment — Duty to state reasons)

OJ C 242, 21.6.2021, p. 41–42 (BG, ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, HR, IT, LV, LT, HU, MT, NL, PL, PT, RO, SK, SL, FI, SV)

21.6.2021   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 242/41


Judgment of the General Court of 14 April 2021 — Ryanair v Commission (SAS, Denmark; COVID-19)

(Case T-378/20) (1)

(State aid - Danish air transport market - Aid granted by Denmark to an airline amid the COVID-19 pandemic - Guarantee - Decision not to raise any objections - Commitments as a condition to make the aid compatible with the internal market - Aid intended to make good the damage caused by an exceptional occurrence - Freedom of establishment - Free provision of services - Equal treatment - Duty to state reasons)

(2021/C 242/58)

Language of the case: English

Parties

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

Defendant: European Commission (represented by: F. Tomat, L. Flynn and S. Noë, acting as Agents)

Interveners in support of the defendant: Kingdom of Denmark (represented by: J. Nymann-Lindegren and M. Søndahl Wolff, acting as Agents, and by R. Holdgaard, lawyer), French Republic (represented by: E. de Moustier and P. Dodeller, acting as Agents), SAS AB (Stockholm, Sweden) (represented by: F. Sjövall, lawyer)

Re:

Application under Article 263 TFEU for annulment of Commission Decision C(2020) 2416 final of 15 April 2020 on State Aid SA.56795 (2020/N) — Denmark — Compensation for the damage caused by the COVID-19 outbreak to Scandinavian Airlines.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

1.

Dismisses the action;

2.

Orders Ryanair DAC to bear its own costs and to pay those of the European Commission, including the costs relating to the request for confidential treatment;

3.

Orders the Kingdom of Denmark, the French Republic and SAS AB to bear their own costs.


(1)  OJ C 255, 3.8.2020.


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