CELEX: 62020TA0388
Language: en
Date: 2021-04-14 00:00:00
Title: Case T-388/20: Judgment of the General Court of 14 April 2021 — Ryanair v Commission (Finnair I; Covid-19) (State aid — Finnish air transport market — Aid granted by Finland to Finnair in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic — State guarantee on a loan — Decision not to raise any objections — Temporary Framework for State aid measures — Measure intended to remedy a serious disturbance in the economy of a Member State — Failure to weigh the beneficial effects of the aid against its adverse effects on trading conditions and the maintenance of undistorted competition — Equal treatment — Freedom of establishment — Freedom to provide services — Duty to state reasons)

21.6.2021   
            
            
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               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 242/43
            
         
      Judgment of the General Court of 14 April 2021 — Ryanair v Commission (Finnair I; Covid-19)
      (Case T-388/20) (1)
      
      (State aid - Finnish air transport market - Aid granted by Finland to Finnair in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic - State guarantee on a loan - Decision not to raise any objections - Temporary Framework for State aid measures - Measure intended to remedy a serious disturbance in the economy of a Member State - Failure to weigh the beneficial effects of the aid against its adverse effects on trading conditions and the maintenance of undistorted competition - Equal treatment - Freedom of establishment - Freedom to provide services - Duty to state reasons)
      (2021/C 242/61)
      Language of the case: English
      
         Parties
      
      
         Applicant: Ryanair DAC (Swords, Ireland) (represented by: E. Vahida, F.-C. Laprévote, S. Rating and I.-G. Metaxas-Maranghidis, lawyers)
      
         Defendant: European Commission (represented by: L. Flynn, S. Noë and F. Tomat, acting as Agents)
      
         Interveners in support of the defendant: Kingdom of Spain (represented by: L. Aguilera Ruiz, acting as Agent), French Republic (represented by: E. de Moustier and P. Dodeller, acting as Agents), Republic of Finland (represented by: H. Leppo, acting as Agent)
      
         Re:
      
      Application under Article 263 TFEU for annulment of Commission Decision C(2020) 3387 final of 18 May 2020 on State Aid SA.56809 (2020/N) — Finland — COVID-19: State loan guarantee for Finnair.
      
         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 Kingdom of Spain, the French Republic and the Republic of Finland to bear their own costs.
               
            
         (1)  OJ C 262, 10.8.2020.