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Document 62021TA0079
Case T-79/21: Judgment of the General Court of 14 June 2023 — Ryanair and Airport Marketing Services v Commission (State aid — Agreements concluded with the airline Ryanair and its subsidiary Airport Marketing Services — Marketing services — Decision declaring the aid incompatible with the internal market and ordering its recovery — Advantage — ‘Real need’ test — Articles 41 and 47 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights — Right of access to the file — Right to be heard)
Case T-79/21: Judgment of the General Court of 14 June 2023 — Ryanair and Airport Marketing Services v Commission (State aid — Agreements concluded with the airline Ryanair and its subsidiary Airport Marketing Services — Marketing services — Decision declaring the aid incompatible with the internal market and ordering its recovery — Advantage — ‘Real need’ test — Articles 41 and 47 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights — Right of access to the file — Right to be heard)
Case T-79/21: Judgment of the General Court of 14 June 2023 — Ryanair and Airport Marketing Services v Commission (State aid — Agreements concluded with the airline Ryanair and its subsidiary Airport Marketing Services — Marketing services — Decision declaring the aid incompatible with the internal market and ordering its recovery — Advantage — ‘Real need’ test — Articles 41 and 47 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights — Right of access to the file — Right to be heard)
OJ C 271, 31.7.2023, p. 24–24
(BG, ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, GA, HR, IT, LV, LT, HU, MT, NL, PL, PT, RO, SK, SL, FI, SV)
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31.7.2023 |
EN |
Official Journal of the European Union |
C 271/24 |
Judgment of the General Court of 14 June 2023 — Ryanair and Airport Marketing Services v Commission
(Case T-79/21) (1)
(State aid - Agreements concluded with the airline Ryanair and its subsidiary Airport Marketing Services - Marketing services - Decision declaring the aid incompatible with the internal market and ordering its recovery - Advantage - ‘Real need’ test - Articles 41 and 47 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights - Right of access to the file - Right to be heard)
(2023/C 271/34)
Language of the case: English
Parties
Applicants: Ryanair DAC (Swords, Ireland), Airport Marketing Services Ltd (Dublin, Ireland) (represented by: E. Vahida, F.-C. Laprévote, V. Blanc, S. Rating, I.-G. Metaxas-Maranghidis and D. Pérez de Lamo, lawyers)
Defendant: European Commission (represented by: L. Flynn, J. Carpi Badía and C. Georgieva, acting as Agents)
Intervener in support of the defendant: Council of the European Union (represented by: A. Maceroni and A.-L. Meyer, acting as Agents)
Re:
By their action based on Article 263 TFEU, the applicants, Ryanair DAC and Airport Marketing Services Ltd, seek annulment of Commission Decision (EU) 2020/1671 of 2 August 2019 on State aid SA.47867 2018/C (ex 2017/FC) granted by France to Ryanair and Airport Marketing Services (OJ 2020 L 388, p. 1).
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
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Dismisses the action; |
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Orders Ryanair DAC and Airport Marketing Services Ltd to bear their own costs and to pay those incurred by the European Commission; |
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Orders the Council of the European Union to bear its own costs. |