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(Case T-259/20) (*)
(State aid - French air transport market - Deferral of payment of civil aviation tax and solidarity tax on airline tickets due on a monthly basis during the period from March to December 2020 in the context of the Covid-19 pandemic - Decision not to raise any objections - Aid intended to make good the damage caused by an exceptional occurrence - Free provision of services - Equal treatment - Criterion of holding a licence issued by the French authorities - Proportionality - Article 107(2)(b) TFEU - Duty to state reasons)
(2021/C 138/41)
Language of the case: English
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 C. Georgieva-Kecsmar, acting as Agents)
Intervener in support of the defendant: French Republic (represented by: E. de Moustier, C. Mosser, A. Daniel and P. Dodeller, acting as Agents)
Application under Article 263 TFEU for annulment of Commission Decision C(2020) 2097 final of 31 March 2020 on State Aid SA.56765 (2020/N) — France — Covid-19 — Deferral of the payment of airline taxes in favour of public air transport undertakings.
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 to bear its own costs.
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(*) Language of the case: English.
(1) OJ C 215, 29.6.2020.