Request for a preliminary ruling from the Curtea de Apel București (Romania) lodged on 22 March 2024 – Regia Autonomă Aeroportul Internațional ‘Avram Iancu’ Cluj v Consiliul Concurenței
(Case C-220/24, Aeroportul Internaţional ‘Avram Iancu’ Cluj)
Language of the case: Romanian
Referring court
Curtea de Apel București
Parties to the main proceedings
Appellant: Regia Autonomă Aeroportul Internațional ‘Avram Iancu’ Cluj
Respondent: Consiliul Concurenței
Intervener in support of the appellant: Sindicatul Independent al Aeroportului Cluj
Intervener in support of the respondent: Romanian Airport Services S.A.
Question referred
Must the provisions of Directive 96/67/EC on access to the groundhandling market at Community airports, 1 in particular Articles 1, 6 and 7 thereof, be regarded as precluding the application of Article 102 TFEU – and of any other rule having the same content – in situations concerning a refusal of access to the airport infrastructure necessary for the provision of groundhandling services at [EU] airports which have not reached the threshold of two million passengers?
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1 Council Directive 96/67/EC of 15 October 1996 on access to the groundhandling market at Community airports (OJ 1996 L 272, p. 36).