Diario Oficial de la Unión Europea del 11/7/2023 - Comunicaciones e Informaciones
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Source: Diario Oficial de la Unión Europea - Comunicaciones e Informaciones
11.7.2023
EN
Official Journal of the European Union
C 244/1
II
Information
INFORMATION FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS, BODIES, OFFICES
AND AGENCIES
EUROPEAN COMMISSION
COMMUNICATION FROM THE COMMISSION
extending the transitional period provided for in the Guidelines on State aid to airports and airlines concerning regional airports 2023/C 244/01
1. The Guidelines on State aid to airports and airlines 1 the Guidelines specify the conditions under which public financing of airports and airlines may constitute State aid within the meaning of Article 1071 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and when it does constitute State aid, the conditions under which it can be declared compatible with the internal market.
2. In principle, operating aid constitutes a very distortive form of aid and can only be authorised under exceptional circumstances. The Commission considers that airports and airlines should normally bear their own operating costs.
Nevertheless, historically, regional airports have often relied on public support to finance their operations. Therefore, the Guidelines provide that certain categories of operating aid to airports can still be justified under certain conditions in order to enable regional airports to adjust their business model.
3. Thus, the Guidelines provide for a transitional period of 10 years from 4 April 2014 during which airports with annual average traffic of up to 3 million passengers can receive operating aid. By the end of the transitional period in 2024, all airports must have reached full coverage of their operating costs and no operating aid to airports will be considered compatible with the internal market after that date, with the exception of operating aid granted in accordance with horizontal State aid rules, such as rules applicable to the financing of services of general economic interest 2.
4. The Guidelines recognise that airports with annual passenger traffic of up to 700 000 may face increased difficulties in achieving full cost coverage during the 10-year transitional period. The Guidelines therefore provided for a specific regime for such airports for an initial period of five years until 3 April 2019. The Communication from the Commission concerning the prolongation of the specific regime for operating aid for airports with up to 700 000 passengers per annum provided for in the Guidelines on State aid to airports and airlines 3 adopted on 18 December 2018 the 2018
Communication extended that specific regime until the end of the transitional period, i.e., until 3 April 2024.
1 Communication from the Commission Guidelines on State aid to airports and airlines OJ C 99, 4.4.2014, p. 3.
2 See Commission Decision 2012/21/EU of 20 December 2011 on the application of Article 1062 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union to State aid in the form of public service compensation granted to certain undertakings entrusted with the operation of services of general economic interest OJ L 7, 11.1.2012, p. 3; Commission Communication on a European Union framework for State aid in the form of public service compensation 2011 OJ C 8, 11.1.2012, p. 15.
3 Communication from the Commission concerning the prolongation of the specific regime for operating aid for airports with up to 700 000 passengers per annum provided for in the Guidelines on State aid to airports and airlines OJ C 456, 18.12.2018, p 27.
