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Document 62016TA0077
Case T-77/16: 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 incompatible with the internal market and ordering its recovery — Notion of State aid — Advantage — Private investor test — Recovery — Selectivity)
Case T-77/16: 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 incompatible with the internal market and ordering its recovery — Notion of State aid — Advantage — Private investor test — Recovery — Selectivity)
Case T-77/16: 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 incompatible with the internal market and ordering its recovery — Notion of State aid — Advantage — Private investor test — Recovery — Selectivity)
IO C 82, 4.3.2019, p. 40–41
(BG, ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, HR, IT, LV, LT, HU, MT, NL, PL, PT, RO, SK, SL, FI, SV)
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4.3.2019 |
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Official Journal of the European Union |
C 82/40 |
Judgment of the General Court of 13 December 2018 — Ryanair and Airport Marketing Services v Commission
(Case T-77/16) (1)
((State aid - Agreements concluded with the airline Ryanair and its subsidiary Airport Marketing Services - Airport services - Marketing services - Decision declaring the aid incompatible with the internal market and ordering its recovery - Notion of State aid - Advantage - Private investor test - Recovery - Selectivity))
(2019/C 82/45)
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: Commission (represented by: L. Armati, L. Flynn and S. Noë, acting as Agents)
Interveners in support of the defendant: Republic of Latvia (represented initially by: D. Pelše, J. Treijs-Gigulis and I. Kalniņš, and subsequently by I. Kucina, acting as Agents) and Council of the European Union (represented by: S. Boelaert and S. Petrova, acting as Agents)
Re:
Action under Article 263 TFEU for partial annulment of Commission Decision (EU) 2016/152 of 1 October 2014 on State aid SA 27339 (12/C) (ex 11/NN) implemented by Germany for Zweibrücken airport and airlines using the airport (OJ 2016 L 34, p. 68).
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
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Annuls Article 1(2) of Commission Decision (EU) 2016/152 of 1 October 2014 on State aid SA 27339 (12/C) (ex 11/NN) implemented by Germany for Zweibrücken airport and airlines using the airport, and Articles 3, 4 and 5 of that decision, in so far as they concern Ryanair DAC and Airport Marketing Services Ltd; |
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Orders the European Commission to bear its own costs and to pay the costs incurred by Ryanair and Airport Marketing Services; |
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Orders the Council of the European Union to pay its own costs; |
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Orders the Republic of Latvia to bear its own costs. |