CELEX: 62016TA0894
Language: en
Date: 2019-07-11 00:00:00
Title: Case T-894/16: Judgment of the General Court of 11 July 2019 — Air France v Commission (Action for annulment — State aid — Measures implemented by France in favour of Marseille Provence Airport and airlines using the airport — Decision declaring the aid compatible with the internal market — Investment subsidies — Differentiation between airport charges applicable to national and international flights — Reduced airport charges to encourage flights from the new Marseille Provence terminal 2 — Lack of individual concern — No substantial effect on the competitive position — Inadmissibility)

30.9.2019   
            
            
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               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 328/40
            
         
      Judgment of the General Court of 11 July 2019 — Air France v Commission
      (Case T-894/16) (1)
      
      (Action for annulment - State aid - Measures implemented by France in favour of Marseille Provence Airport and airlines using the airport - Decision declaring the aid compatible with the internal market - Investment subsidies - Differentiation between airport charges applicable to national and international flights - Reduced airport charges to encourage flights from the new Marseille Provence terminal 2 - Lack of individual concern - No substantial effect on the competitive position - Inadmissibility)
      (2019/C 328/43)
      Language of the case: French
      
         Parties
      
      
         Applicant: Société Air France (Tremblay-en-France, France) (represented by: R. Sermier, lawyer)
      
         Defendant: European Commission (represented by: S. Noë, C. Giolito and C. Georgieva-Kecsmar, Agents)
      
         Interveners in support of the defendant: Aéroport Marseille Provence SA (Marignane, France) (represented by: A. Lepièce, lawyer), Ryanair DAC, formerly Ryanair Ltd (Dublin, Ireland) and Airport Marketing Services Ltd (Dublin) (represented by: E. Vahida and I.-G. Metaxas-Maranghidis, lawyers)
      
         Re:
      
      Action under Article 263 TFEU for the annulment of Commission Decision (EU) 2016/1698 of 20 February 2014 concerning measures SA.22932 (11/C) (ex NN 37/07) implemented by France in favour of Marseille Provence Airport and airlines using the airport (OJ 2016 L 260, p. 1).
      
         Operative part of the judgment
      
      The Court:
      
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                     Dismisses the action as inadmissible;
                  
               
            
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                     Orders Société Air France to bear its own costs and those incurred by the European Commission
                  
               
            
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                     Orders Ryanair DAC and Airport Marketing Services Ltd and Aéroport Marseille Provence SA to bear their own costs.
                  
               
            
         (1)  OJ C 46, 13.2.2017.