– EC Comm, 6 September 2005, Community Guidelines on Financing of Airports and Start-Up Aid to Airlines Departing from Regional Airports In the context of the liberalisation of the air transport market, the Commission adopted on 6 September 2005 guidelines on financing of airports and State aid for the start-up of new routes from regional airports. These guidelines, which were published in the Official Journal on 9 December 2005, are in line with Community case law according to which regional planning objectives may have a general interest dimension, particularly in the field of air transport (cf. CFI, 19 June 1997, Air Inter, Case T-260/94, ECR p II-997). They are complementary to the 1994 guidelines for the aviation sector, and aim in particular at clarifying the regime applicable
CASE COMMENTS: PUBLIC SECTOR - EUROPEAN GUIDELINES FOR PUBIC FINANCING OF REGIONAL AIRPORTS - STATE AIDS
State aids: The European Commission published guide-lines to clarify the State aid rules applicable to regional airports (EC Communication 6 septembre 2005)
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Community guidelines on the financing of regional airports - Clarification of the rules applicable to airlines: Following the "Ryanair" decision of 12 February 2004 and the legal vagueness it had highlighted, the Commission has decided to clarify the rules applicable to this sector.
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