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5.7.2021 |
EN |
Official Journal of the European Union |
C 263/14 |
Judgment of the General Court of 19 May 2021 — Deutsche Lufthansa v Commission
(Case T-218/18) (1)
(State aid - Aviation sector - Operational aid granted by Germany to Frankfurt-Hahn airport - Decision not to raise objections - Action for annulment - Status as an interested party - Safeguard of procedural rights - Admissibility - Guidelines on aid in the aviation sector - Doubts as to the compatibility of the aid with the internal market - Article 4(4) of Regulation (EU) 2015/1589 - Serious difficulties)
(2021/C 263/19)
Language of the case: German
Parties
Applicant: Deutsche Lufthansa AG (Cologne, Germany) (represented by: A. Martin-Ehlers, lawyer)
Defendant: European Commission (represented by: K. Herrmann, T. Maxian Rusche and S. Noë, acting as Agents)
Interveners in support of the defendant: Federal Republic of Germany (represented by: J. Möller, R. Kanitz, S. Heimerl and S. Costanzo, acting as Agents), Land Rheinland-Pfalz (Germany) (represented by: R. van der Hout and C. Wagner, lawyers)
Re:
Application under Article 263 TFEU seeking annulment of Commission Decision C(2017) 5289 final of 31 July 2017, on State aid SA.47969 (2017/N) implemented by Germany concerning operating aid granted to Frankfurt-Hahn airport.
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
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Annuls Commission Decision C(2017) 5289 final of 31 July 2017, on State aid SA.47969 (2017/N) implemented by Germany concerning operating aid granted to Frankfurt-Hahn airport; |
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Orders the European Commission to pay its own costs and bear those incurred by Deutsche Lufthansa AG; |
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Orders the Federal Republic of Germany and the Land Rheinland-Pfalz to bear their own costs. |