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Aid to a regional airport: European Commission opens in-depth investigation into potential State aid at Beauvais airport

Mayer Brown LLP
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European Union
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June 7 2012

On 30 May 2012, the Commission announced that it has decided to open an in-depth State aid investigation into whether financial arrangements between public authorities and the French airport of Beauvais, and rebates and marketing agreements between this airport and its customer airlines, are in line with EU State aid rules

Commission publishes interim text of commitments accepted in International Consolidated Airlines GroupBritish Midland Limited merger

Mayer Brown LLP
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European Union
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April 10 2012

On 4 April 2012, the European Commission published a non-confidential version of the commitments accepted as a condition of its approval of IAG’s acquisition of bmi

Commission fines freight forwarders for participation in four price-fixing cartels

Mayer Brown LLP
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European Union
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April 3 2012

On 28 March 2012, the European Commission announced that it had fined 14 international groups of companies a total of 169m for participating in four cartels which aimed to fix prices and other trading conditions in international air freight forwarding services

Commission opens in-depth investigations into aid to airports in Belgium, France and Germany

Mayer Brown LLP
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Belgium, European Union, France, Germany
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March 27 2012

On 21 March 2012, the European Commission announced that it has opened an in-depth investigation into whether financial arrangements between public authorities and airports Charleroi (Belgium), Angoulême (France) and Dortmund (Germany), and certain rebates and marketing agreements concluded between these airports and airlines using them, are in line with EU State aid rules

Commission approves French and Italian aid to Eurocopter and Agusta Westland

Mayer Brown LLP
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European Union, France, Italy
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March 13 2012

On 7 March 2012, the European Commission announced that it has decided to approve state aid granted by France and Italy to the helicopter manufacturers Eurocopter and Agusta Westland for the development of a new generation of civil helicopters

Commission opens in-depth investigation into French airport

Mayer Brown LLP
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European Union, France
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February 14 2012

On 8 February 2012, the Commission announced that it has opened a state aid investigation into certain financial arrangements between La Rochelle airport and the French authorities

Commission opens in-depth investigations into state aid to airports, airlines and purchasers of shipyard assets

Mayer Brown LLP
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European Union
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January 31 2012

On 25 January 2012, the Commission opened an in-depth state aid investigation into state support given to French, German and Swedish airports

Commission closes investigation into SkyTeam alliance

Mayer Brown LLP
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European Union
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January 31 2012

On 27 January 2012, the Commission closed its investigation into potential collusion between eight members of the SkyTeam airline alliance

Commission finds Hungarian state aid to be illegal

Mayer Brown LLP
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European Union, Hungary
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January 16 2012

On 9 January 2012, the Commission found that financing granted by Hungary to national air carrier Malév in order to renationalise the airline constituted illegal state aid and therefore had to be recovered

Commission announces dawn raids on Brussels airlines and TAP Portugal

Mayer Brown LLP
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European Union
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December 23 2011

On 19 December 2011, the European Commission (“Commission”) confirmed that on 13th December it had conducted unannounced inspections at the premises of Brussels Airlines and TAP Portugal in Belgium and Portugal in relation to code-sharing agreements between the companies