TY - JOUR T1 - Commission v Aer Lingus and Commission v Ryanair   ∙ Joined Cases C-164/15 P and and C-165/15 P ∙ Annotation by Grith Skovgaard Ølykke A1 - Skovgaard Ølykke, Grith PY - 2017 N2 - The annotated judgment concerns the aftermath of a differentiated taxation on travelling. The General Court partially annulled the Commission’s decision and found that the recovery of the aid should be limited to the advantage actually retained by the airlines, taking into account the competitive situation as well as the possibility that the advantage could have been passed on to the passengers through lower ticket prices. The Commission appealed this judgment and the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) found for the Commission; thus, the nominal amount of aid should be recovered. The judgment thereby upholds the status quo reasonably taking into account all indirect effects of State aid. Keywords: Passing-On Defence; Recovery of Aid; Compensation; Indirect Effects. JF - European State Aid Law Quarterly JA - European State Aid Law Quarterly VL - 16 IS - 1 UR - https://doi.org/10.21552/estal/2017/1/14 M3 - doi:10.21552/estal/2017/1/14 ER -