62023CJ0244_SUM
Joined Cases C‑244/23 P to C‑246/23 P
European Commission and Others
v
Carpatair SA
Judgment of the Court (Ninth Chamber) of 13 February 2025
(Appeal – State aid – Aviation sector – Measures implemented by Timişoara International Airport (Romania) in favour of Wizz Air and other airlines using that airport – Decision finding that there is no State aid – Action for annulment – Article 263 TFEU – Admissibility – Condition that the applicant must be directly and individually concerned – Obligation to state reasons – Distortion of the evidence)
Action for annulment – Natural or legal persons – Acts of direct and individual concern to them – Individual concern – Criteria – Commission decision on State aid adopted at the end of the formal investigation procedure – Action by a competitor undertaking challenging the merits of the decision – Undertaking establishing a substantial effect on its market position – Burden of proof borne by the applicant – Scope
(Arts 108(2) and (3) and 263, fourth para., TFEU)
(see paragraphs 61-63, 68, 74)
Appeal – Grounds – Inadequate statement of reasons – Scope of the obligation to state reasons – Duty of the General Court to state the reasons for its assessment of the evidence – Distortion of the evidence by the General Court – Infringement of the obligation to state reasons – Setting aside of the judgment under appeal
(Statute of the Court of Justice, Arts 36 and 53, first para.; Rules of Procedure of the General Court, Art. 117)
(see paragraphs 65-70, 79-85, 87-95)
Appeal – Grounds – Inadequate statement of reasons – Scope of the obligation to state reasons – Statement of reasons of the General Court based on evidence in the annexes to the application – Not permissible
(Statute of the Court of Justice, Arts 36 and 53, first para.; Rules of Procedure of the General Court, Art. 117)
(see paragraphs 75-78)
See the text of the decision.