Information;Judgment — ECLI:EU:T:2024:784
Date: 2024-11-06
Language of the case: English
Court formation: Seventh Chamber
Subject matter: State aids;Competition
Procedure: Action for annulment - unfounded
Origin: Hungary

Judgment of the General Court of 6 November 2024 – Wizz Air Hungary v Commission (TAROM II ; Covid-19) (Case T-827/22) 1 (State aid – Romanian air transport market – Aid granted by Romania to TAROM in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic – Capital injection – 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 to make good the damage caused by an exceptional occurrence – Assessment of the damage – Causal link – Beneficiary’s pre-existing financial 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. Nicolae, acting as Agent) Re: By its action under Article 263 TFEU, the applicant seeks annulment of Commission Decision C(2020) 2934 final of 29 April 2022 on State aid SA.63360 (2021/N) – Romania COVID-19 – Aid to TAROM – Damage compensation II. 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 104, 20.3.2023.