Thursday 6th June 2024
Judgment in Case C-441/21 P Ryanair v Commission
(Competition – State aid)
In July 2020, Spain notified the European Commission of an aid scheme to create a solvency support fund. The beneficiaries were strategic Spanish companies (non-financial) that were experiencing temporary difficulties as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic.
The scheme provided for the adoption of various recapitalisation measures. It sought to remedy the serious disruption to the Spanish economy, taken as a whole, in its diversity and with a view to sustainable economic development.
The budget, financed by the State, has been set at €10 billion until June 30, 2021.
By a decision of July 31, 2020, the Commission declared the notified scheme compatible with the internal market.
The Irish airline Ryanair brought an action before the General Court of the European Union against the Commission’s decision.
This action was dismissed by judgment of May 19, 2021 (T-628/20, see also press release 83/21).
Ryanair has appealed to the Court of Justice against the judgment of the General Court.
Background Documents C-441/21 P
Donnerstag, 6. Juni 2024
Urteil des EU-Gerichtshofs in der Rechtsmittelsache C-441/21 P Ryanair / EU-Kommission
Staatliche Beihilfen in der Covid-19-Krise: Spanischer Solvenzhilfefonds
Mit Beschluss vom 31 Juli 2020 genehmigte die Kommission einen mit 10 Mrd. Euro ausgestatteten spanischen Fonds zur Unterstützung von Unternehmen, die vom Ausbruch des Coronavirus betroffen sind, über Darlehen und Rekapitalisierungsinstrumente (siehe IP/20/1426). Nach Ansicht von Ryanair verstößt dieser Beschluss u.a. gegen das Diskriminierungsverbot sowie die Dienstleistungs- und die Niederlassungsfreiheit. Indem die Kommission Spanien erlaubt habe, die Beihilfen im Inland ansässigen Unternehmen vorzubehalten, habe sie die den paneuropäischen Fluggesellschaften durch die COVID-19 Krise entstandenen Schäden sowie deren Bedeutung für den Luftverkehr in Spanien außer Acht gelassen. Ryanair hat den Beschluss daher vor dem Gericht der EU angefochten.
Mit Urteil vom 19. Mai 2021 hat das Gericht die Klage von Ryanair abgewiesen. Der Fonds zur Stützung der Zahlungsfähigkeit der strategisch bedeutenden spanischen Unternehmen, die sich aufgrund der Covid-19-Pandemie vorübergehend in Schwierigkeiten befanden, sei mit dem Unionsrecht vereinbar. Die fragliche Maßnahme, die auf den Erlass von Rekapitalisierungsmaßnahmen abzielt stelle eine verhältnismäßige und nicht diskriminierende Beihilferegelung dar (siehe Pressemitteilung Nr. 83/2021).
Ryanair hat gegen dieses Urteil ein Rechtsmittel beim Gerichtshof eingelegt.
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