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Series C
11.3.2024
(Case T-216/21) (*)
(State aid - Aid granted by France to Air France in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic - State guarantee for a bank loan and a subordinated loan by the State - Decision declaring the aid compatible with the internal market - Action for annulment - Locus standi - Substantial adverse effect on the applicant’s position on the market - Admissibility - Determination of the beneficiary of the aid in the context of a group of companies)
(C/2024/1851)
Language of the case: English
Applicants: Ryanair DAC (Swords, Ireland), Malta Air ltd. (Pietà, Malta) (represented by: F.-C. Laprévote, E. Vahida, V. Blanc, S. Rating, I.-G. Metaxas-Maranghidis and D. Pérez de Lamo, lawyers)
Defendant: European Commission (represented by: L. Flynn, J. Carpi Badía and C. Georgieva, acting as Agents)
Interveners in support of the defendant: Federal Republic of Germany (represented by: P.-L. Krüger, acting as Agent), French Republic (represented by: T. Stéhelin, P. Dodeller, T. Lechevallier and B. Fodda, acting as Agents), Kingdom of the Netherlands (represented by: M. Bulterman, J. Langer and C. Schillemans, acting as Agents, and by S. Corrijn, lawyer), Air France-KLM (Paris, France) (represented by: J. Derenne and D. Vallindas, lawyers), Société Air France (Tremblay-en-France, France) (represented by: J. Derenne and D. Vallindas, lawyers)
By their action under Article 263 TFEU, the applicants seek the annulment of Commission Decision C(2020) 2983 final of 4 May 2020 on State Aid SA.57082 (2020/N) — France — COVID-19 — Temporary Framework 107(3)(b) — Guarantee and shareholder loan for Air France, as corrected by Decisions C(2020) 9384 final of 17 December 2020 and C(2021) 5701 final of 26 July 2021.
The Court:
1.Annuls Commission Decision C(2020) 2983 final of 4 May 2020 on State Aid SA.57082 (2020/N) — France — COVID-19 — Temporary Framework 107(3)(b) — Guarantee and shareholder loan for Air France, as corrected by Decisions C(2020) 9384 final of 17 December 2020 and C(2021) 5701 final of 26 July 2021;
2.Orders the European Commission to bear its own costs and to pay those of Ryanair DAC and Malta Air ltd.;
3.Orders the Federal Republic of Germany, the French Republic, the Kingdom of the Netherlands, Air France-KLM and Société Air France to bear their own costs.
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Language of the case: English.
OJ C 217, 7.6.2021
ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2024/1851/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
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