Judgment of the General Court (Ninth Chamber) of 19 May 2021

Deutsche Lufthansa AG v European Commission

State aid – Aviation sector – Operational aid granted by Germany to Frankfurt-Hahn airport – Decision not to raise objections – Action for annulment – Status as an interested party – Safeguard of procedural rights – Admissibility – Guidelines on aid in the aviation sector – Doubts as to the compatibility of the aid with the internal market – Article 4(4) of Regulation (EU) 2015/1589 – Serious difficulties

Case T-218/18



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Document Date Name of the parties Subject-matter Curia EUR-Lex Autres Liens
Judgment (OJ)
18/06/2021 Deutsche Lufthansa v Commission
Competition
- State aid
  • Competition
  • - State aid
EUR-Lex text EUR-Lex bilingual text
Judgment
ECLI:EU:T:2021:282		 19/05/2021 Deutsche Lufthansa v Commission
Competition
- State aid
  • Competition
  • - State aid
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Judgment (Information)
ECLI:EU:T:2021:282		 19/05/2021 Deutsche Lufthansa v Commission
Competition
- State aid
  • Competition
  • - State aid
EUR-Lex text EUR-Lex bilingual text
Order
ECLI:EU:T:2019:49		 30/01/2019 Deutsche Lufthansa v Commission
Competition
- State aid
  • Competition
  • - State aid
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Application (OJ)
18/05/2018 Deutsche Lufthansa v Commission
Competition
- State aid
  • Competition
  • - State aid
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Reports of Cases

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Subject-matter

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Systematic classification scheme

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3 Legal proceedings
  3.02 Actions for annulment
    3.02.03 Applications by natural or legal persons
      3.02.03.02 Acts which are of individual concern to them
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3 Legal proceedings
  3.02 Actions for annulment
    3.02.03 Applications by natural or legal persons
      3.02.03.03 Acts which are of direct concern to them
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4 Internal policy of the European Union
  4.09 State aid
    4.09.04 Procedure for reviewing aid
      4.09.04.05 Commission decision following a preliminary review or proceeding to the formal investigation procedure
        4.09.04.05.02 Decision not to raise objections
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3 Legal proceedings
  3.08 Procedural rules
    3.08.04 Subject-matter, form of order sought and pleas in law
      3.08.04.01 Formal requirements
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3 Legal proceedings
  3.02 Actions for annulment
    3.02.03 Applications by natural or legal persons
      3.02.03.01 Interest in bringing proceedings
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3 Legal proceedings
  3.08 Procedural rules
    3.08.05 Compliance with time-limits
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4 Internal policy of the European Union
  4.09 State aid
    4.09.04 Procedure for reviewing aid
      4.09.04.05 Commission decision following a preliminary review or proceeding to the formal investigation procedure
        4.09.04.05.03 Decision to initiate a formal investigation procedure
          4.09.04.05.03.01 Obligation to initiate the formal investigation procedure
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4 Internal policy of the European Union
  4.09 State aid
    4.09.03 Exceptions to the prohibition of aid
      4.09.03.02 Aid that may be considered to be compatible with the internal market (Article 107(3) TFEU)
        4.09.03.02.06 Aid to undertakings operating in particular sectors
          4.09.03.02.06.02 Aid to the air transport sector
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4 Internal policy of the European Union
  4.09 State aid
    4.09.03 Exceptions to the prohibition of aid
      4.09.03.02 Aid that may be considered to be compatible with the internal market (Article 107(3) TFEU)
        4.09.03.02.06 Aid to undertakings operating in particular sectors
          4.09.03.02.06.02 Aid to the air transport sector


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Opinion

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Dates

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Date of delivery

19/05/2021


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Name of the parties

Deutsche Lufthansa v Commission

Notes on Academic Writings

  1. Idot, Laurence: Aides d'État - Doutes justifiant l'ouverture d'une phase formelle et aides à l'aviation, Europe 2021, nº 7 Juillet, comm. 265 (FR)
  2. Vuitton, Raphaël: Annulation : Le Tribunal de l’Union européenne annule la décision de la Commission européenne de ne pas soulever d’objection à l’égard d’une aide au fonctionnement accordée à l’aéroport de Francfort-Hahn (Deutsche Lufthansa ), Concurrences : revue des droits de la concurrence 2021, nº 3, p. 151-152 (FR)



Procedural Analysis Information

Source of the question referred for a preliminary ruling

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Subject-matter

  • Competition
  • - State aid

Provisions of national law referred to

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Provisions of international law referred to

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Procedure and result

  • Actions for annulment : application granted

Formation of the Court

Neuvième chambre (Tribunal)

Judge-Rapporteur

Perišin

Advocate General

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Language(s) of the Case

  • German

Language(s) of the Opinion

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