Case C-320/21 P: Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 28 September 2023 — Ryanair DAC v European Commission, French Republic, Kingdom of Sweden, SAS AB (Appeal — State aid — Article 107(2)(b) TFEU — Swedish air transport market — Aid granted by the Kingdom of Sweden to an airline amid the COVID-19 pandemic — Temporary Framework for State aid measures — State guarantee for a revolving credit facility — Decision by the European Commission not to raise objections — Aid intended to make good the damage suffered by a single victim — Principles of proportionality and non-discrimination — Freedom of establishment and freedom to provide services)
Date: 2023-09-28
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: State aid, Sweden, control of State aid, coronavirus disease, epidemic, equal treatment, freedom to provide services, low cost airline, principle of proportionality, right of establishment








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Official Journal of the European Union


EN
Series C













C/2023/619


13.11.2023





Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 28 September 2023 — Ryanair DAC v European Commission, French Republic, Kingdom of Sweden, SAS AB
(Case C-320/21 P) (1)

(Appeal - State aid - Article 107(2)(b) TFEU - Swedish air transport market - Aid granted by the Kingdom of Sweden to an airline amid the COVID-19 pandemic - Temporary Framework for State aid measures - State guarantee for a revolving credit facility - Decision by the European Commission not to raise objections - Aid intended to make good the damage suffered by a single victim - Principles of proportionality and non-discrimination - Freedom of establishment and freedom to provide services)
(C/2023/619)
Language of the case: English

Parties


Appellant: Ryanair DAC (represented initially by V. Blanc, F. C. Laprévote, E. Vahida, avocats, I. G. Metaxas Maranghidis, dikigoros, and S. Rating, abogado, and subsequently by V. Blanc, F. C. Laprévote, E. Vahida, avocats, I. G. Metaxas Maranghidis, dikigoros, D. Pérez de Lamo and S. Rating, abogados)

Other parties to the proceedings: European Commission (represented by L. Flynn, S. Noë and F. Tomat, acting as Agents), French Republic (represented initially by A. L. Desjonquères, P. Dodeller, A. Ferrand and N. Vincent, acting as Agents, and subsequently by A. L. Desjonquères and N. Vincent, acting as Agents, and finally by A. L. Desjonquères, acting as Agent), Kingdom of Sweden (represented initially by O. Simonsson, H. Eklinder, J. Lundberg, C. Meyer-Seitz, M. Salborn Hodgson, R. Shahsavan Eriksson, H. Shev and A. Runeskjöld, acting as Agents, and subsequently by O. Simonsson, H. Eklinder, C. Meyer-Seitz, M. Salborn Hodgson, R. Shahsavan Eriksson, H. Shev and A. Runeskjöld, acting as Agents), SAS AB (represented by A. Lundmark and F. Sjövall, advokater)

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Dismisses the appeal;










2.


Orders Ryanair DAC to bear its own costs and to pay those incurred by the European Commission and SAS AB;










3.


Orders the French Republic and the Kingdom of Sweden to bear their own costs.






(1)  
            OJ C 349, 30.8.2021.


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2023/619/oj
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