CELEX: 62020TA0677
Language: en
Date: 2021-07-14 00:00:00
Title: Case T-677/20: Judgment of the General Court of 14 July 2021 — Ryanair and Laudamotion v Commission (Austrian Airlines; Covid-19) (State aid — Austrian air transport market — Aid granted by Austria to an airline amid the COVID-19 pandemic — Subordinated loan to Austrian Airlines — Decision not to raise any objections — Aid previously granted to the parent company of the recipient — Aid intended to make good the damage caused by an exceptional occurrence — Freedom of establishment — Free provision of services — Equal treatment — Duty to state reasons)

13.9.2021   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 368/22
            
         
      Judgment of the General Court of 14 July 2021 — Ryanair and Laudamotion v Commission (Austrian Airlines; Covid-19)
      (Case T-677/20) (1)
      
      (State aid - Austrian air transport market - Aid granted by Austria to an airline amid the COVID-19 pandemic - Subordinated loan to Austrian Airlines - Decision not to raise any objections - Aid previously granted to the parent company of the recipient - Aid intended to make good the damage caused by an exceptional occurrence - Freedom of establishment - Free provision of services - Equal treatment - Duty to state reasons)
      (2021/C 368/36)
      Language of the case: English
      
         Parties
      
      
         Applicants: Ryanair DAC (Swords, Ireland), Laudamotion GmbH, (Schwechat, Austria) (represented by: E. Vahida, F.-C. Laprévote, V. Blanc, S. Rating and I.-G. Metaxas-Maranghidis, lawyers)
      
         Defendant: European Commission (represented by: L. Flynn, F. Tomat and S. Noë, acting as Agents)
      
         Interveners in support of the defendants: Federal Republic of Germany (represented by: R. Kanitz, J. Möller and P.-L. Krüger, acting as Agents), Republic of Austria (represented by: A. Posch, J. Schmoll, G. Eberhard and S. Weber, acting as Agents), Austrian Airlines AG, (Vienna, Austria), (represented by: A. Zellhofer, lawyer)
      
         Re:
      
      Application under Article 263 TFEU for annulment of Commission Decision C(2020) 4684 final of 6 July 2020 on State aid SA.57539 (2020/N) — Austria — COVID-19 — Aid to Austrian Airlines.
      
         Operative part of the judgment
      
      The Court:
      
                  1.
               
               
                  Dismisses the action;
               
            
                  2.
               
               
                  Orders Ryanair DAC and Laudamotion GmbH to bear their own costs and to pay those incurred by the European Commission;
               
            
                  3.
               
               
                  Orders the Federal Republic of Germany, the Republic of Austria and Austrian Airlines AG to bear their own respective costs.
               
            
         (1)  OJ C 9, 11.1.2021.