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Document 62020TA0677
Case T-677/20: Judgment of the General Court of 14 July 2021 — Ryanair and Laudamotion v Commission (Austrian Airlines; Covid-19) (State aid — Austrian air transport market — Aid granted by Austria to an airline amid the COVID-19 pandemic — Subordinated loan to Austrian Airlines — Decision not to raise any objections — Aid previously granted to the parent company of the recipient — 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)
Case T-677/20: Judgment of the General Court of 14 July 2021 — Ryanair and Laudamotion v Commission (Austrian Airlines; Covid-19) (State aid — Austrian air transport market — Aid granted by Austria to an airline amid the COVID-19 pandemic — Subordinated loan to Austrian Airlines — Decision not to raise any objections — Aid previously granted to the parent company of the recipient — 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)
Case T-677/20: Judgment of the General Court of 14 July 2021 — Ryanair and Laudamotion v Commission (Austrian Airlines; Covid-19) (State aid — Austrian air transport market — Aid granted by Austria to an airline amid the COVID-19 pandemic — Subordinated loan to Austrian Airlines — Decision not to raise any objections — Aid previously granted to the parent company of the recipient — 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 368, 13.9.2021, p. 22–22
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- Date of document:
- 14/07/2021
- Date lodged:
- 13/11/2020
- Author:
- General Court
- Form:
- Judicial information
- Authentic language:
- English
- Type of procedure:
- Action for annulment
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13.9.2021 |
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Official Journal of the European Union |
C 368/22 |
Judgment of the General Court of 14 July 2021 — Ryanair and Laudamotion v Commission (Austrian Airlines; Covid-19)
(Case T-677/20) (1)
(State aid - Austrian air transport market - Aid granted by Austria to an airline amid the COVID-19 pandemic - Subordinated loan to Austrian Airlines - Decision not to raise any objections - Aid previously granted to the parent company of the recipient - 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 368/36)
Language of the case: English
Parties
Applicants: Ryanair DAC (Swords, Ireland), Laudamotion GmbH, (Schwechat, Austria) (represented by: E. Vahida, F.-C. Laprévote, V. Blanc, S. Rating and I.-G. Metaxas-Maranghidis, lawyers)
Defendant: European Commission (represented by: L. Flynn, F. Tomat and S. Noë, acting as Agents)
Interveners in support of the defendants: Federal Republic of Germany (represented by: R. Kanitz, J. Möller and P.-L. Krüger, acting as Agents), Republic of Austria (represented by: A. Posch, J. Schmoll, G. Eberhard and S. Weber, acting as Agents), Austrian Airlines AG, (Vienna, Austria), (represented by: A. Zellhofer, lawyer)
Re:
Application under Article 263 TFEU for annulment of Commission Decision C(2020) 4684 final of 6 July 2020 on State aid SA.57539 (2020/N) — Austria — COVID-19 — Aid to Austrian Airlines.
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
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Dismisses the action; |
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Orders Ryanair DAC and Laudamotion GmbH to bear their own costs and to pay those incurred by the European Commission; |
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Orders the Federal Republic of Germany, the Republic of Austria and Austrian Airlines AG to bear their own respective costs. |
