Information;Judgment — ECLI:EU:T:2023:645
Date: 2023-10-18
Language of the case: English
Subject matter: State aids;Competition
Procedure: Action for annulment - unfounded
Origin: Hungary

Judgment of the General Court of 18 October 2023 – Wizz Air Hungary v Commission (TAROM; COVID-19) (Case T-332/21) 1 (State aid – Romanian air transport market – Aid granted by Romania to TAROM in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic – State guarantee on loans – Decision not to raise any objections – Action for annulment – Locus standi – Substantial adverse effect on the applicant’s position on the market in question – Admissibility – Aid intended to make good the damage caused by an exceptional occurrence – Assessment of the damage – Causal link – Beneficiary’s pre-existing difficulties – Principle of non-discrimination – Freedom to provide services – Freedom of establishment – Obligation to state reasons) Language of the case: English Parties Applicant: Wizz Air Hungary Légiközlekedési Zrt. (Wizz Air Hungary Zrt.) (Budapest, Hungary) (represented by: E. Vahida, S. Rating and I.-G. Metaxas Maranghidis, lawyers) Defendant: European Commission (represented by: L. Flynn, V. Bottka and L. Nicolae, acting as Agents) Re: By its action under Article 263 TFEU, the applicant seeks the annulment of Commission Decision C(2020) 6910 final of 2 October 2020 on State Aid SA.56810 (2020/N) – Romania – COVID-19: Aid to TAROM. Operative part of the judgment The Court: Dismisses the action; Orders Wizz Air Hungary Légiközlekedési Zrt. (Wizz Air Hungary Zrt.) to pay the costs. ____________ 1 OJ C 310, 2.8.2021.