The Commission has authorized €11.7m in state assist granted to the supervisor of Carcassonne airport between 2001 and 2011. The European Commission has additionally concluded that sure agreements signed over the identical interval between the Carcassonne airport and airways working at that airport (on this case Ryanair) amounted to round €1.8m in incompatible state assist. France will now must get better this quantity.
The Commission discovered that, between 2001 and 2011, CCI obtained subsidies, primarily from native and regional authorities, together with €9m to assist investments to finance Carcassonne airport’s infrastructure, in addition to €2.7m to assist CCI’s operations. The Commission concluded that these €11.7m in subsidies granted to CCI are allowed below the Aviation Guidelines, the sectoral guidelines relevant to working or funding assist to airports. The assist was needed and proportionate to the targets pursued, because it contributed to the mandatory modernisation of the airport and the financing of its working prices with out producing extreme earnings. The Commission additionally concluded that the help wouldn’t unduly distort competitors with close by airports akin to Castres-Mazamet, Perpignan, Béziers and Toulouse-Blagnac.
In the identical interval, CCI signed quite a lot of agreements with Ryanair and its subsidiary AMS, which dealt particularly with advertising and marketing. The contracts involved each advertising and marketing providers and airport providers agreements. CCI paid out a complete of €8.9m to Ryanair and AMS for advertising and marketing providers.
The Commission right now concluded that 11 advertising and marketing and airport providers agreements signed between CCI and Ryanair/AMS constituted incompatible State assist.
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