CELEX: 62020TA0379
Language: en
Date: 2021-04-14 00:00:00
Title: Case T-379/20: Judgment of the General Court of 14 April 2021 — Ryanair v Commission (SAS, Sweden; Covid-19) (State aid — Swedish air transport market — Aid granted by Sweden to an airline amid the COVID-19 pandemic — Guarantee — Decision not to raise any objections — Commitments as a condition to make the aid compatible with the internal market — 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)

21.6.2021   
            
            
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               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 242/42
            
         
      Judgment of the General Court of 14 April 2021 — Ryanair v Commission (SAS, Sweden; Covid-19)
      (Case T-379/20) (1)
      
      (State aid - Swedish air transport market - Aid granted by Sweden to an airline amid the COVID-19 pandemic - Guarantee - Decision not to raise any objections - Commitments as a condition to make the aid compatible with the internal market - 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 242/59)
      Language of the case: English
      
         Parties
      
      
         Applicant: Ryanair DAC (Swords, Ireland) (represented by: E. Vahida, F.-C. Laprévote, S. Rating, I.-G. Metaxas-Maranghidis and V. Blanc, lawyers)
      
         Defendant: European Commission (represented by: F. Tomat, D. Zukowska, L. Flynn and S. Noë, acting as Agents)
      
         Interveners in support of the defendant: French Republic (represented by: E. de Moustier and P. Dodeller, acting as Agents), Kingdom of Sweden (represented by: C. Meyer-Seitz, A. Runeskjöld, M. Salborn Hodgson, H. Shev, H. Eklinder, R. Shahsavan Eriksson, O. Simonsson and J. Lundberg, acting as Agents), SAS AB (Stockholm, Sweden) (represented by: F. Sjövall, lawyer)
      
         Re:
      
      Application under Article 263 TFEU for annulment of Commission Decision C(2020) 2784 final of 24 April 2020 on State Aid SA.57061 (2020/N) — Sweden — Compensation for the damage caused by the COVID-19 outbreak to Scandinavian Airlines.
      
         Operative part of the judgment
      
      The Court:
      
                  1.
               
               
                  Dismisses the action;
               
            
                  2.
               
               
                  Orders Ryanair DAC to bear its own costs and to pay those of the European Commission, including the costs relating to the request for confidential treatment;
               
            
                  3.
               
               
                  Orders the French Republic, the Kingdom of Sweden and SAS AB to bear their own costs.
               
            
         (1)  OJ C 255, 3.8.2020.