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Case T-165/16: Judgment of the General Court of 13 December 2018 — Ryanair and Airport Marketing Services v Commission (State aid — Agreements concluded with the airline Ryanair and its subsidiary Airport Marketing Services — Airport services — Marketing services — Decision declaring the aid to be incompatible with the internal market and ordering its recovery — Notion of State aid — Advantage — Private investor test — Recovery — Article 41 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union — Access to the file — Right to be heard)

OJ C 82, 4.3.2019, p. 41–41 (BG, ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, HR, IT, LV, LT, HU, MT, NL, PL, PT, RO, SK, SL, FI, SV)

4.3.2019   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 82/41


Judgment of the General Court of 13 December 2018 — Ryanair and Airport Marketing Services v Commission

(Case T-165/16) (1)

((State aid - Agreements concluded with the airline Ryanair and its subsidiary Airport Marketing Services - Airport services - Marketing services - Decision declaring the aid to be incompatible with the internal market and ordering its recovery - Notion of State aid - Advantage - Private investor test - Recovery - Article 41 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union - Access to the file - Right to be heard))

(2019/C 82/46)

Language of the case: English

Parties

Applicants: Ryanair DAC, formerly Ryanair Ltd (Dublin, Ireland), Airport Marketing Services Ltd (Dublin) (represented by: G. Berrisch, E. Vahida, I.-G. Metaxas-Maranghidis, lawyers, and B. Byrne, Solicitor)

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

Intervener in support of the defendant: Council of the European Union (represented by: S. Boelaert and S. Petrova, acting as Agents)

Re:

Action under Article 263 TFEU for the partial annulment of Commission Decision (EU) 2016/287 of 15 October 2014 on State aid SA.26500 — 2012/C (ex 2011/NN, ex CP 227/2008) implemented by Germany for Flugplatz Altenburg-Nobitz GmbH and Ryanair Ltd (OJ 2016 L 59, p. 22).

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

1.

Dismisses the action;

2.

Orders Ryanair DAC and Airport Marketing Services Ltd to bear their own costs and to pay those incurred by the European Commission;

3.

Orders the Council of the European Union to bear its own costs.


(1)  OJ C 222, 20.6.2016.


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