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Financing of Berlin Brandenburg Airport  ∙ SA.41342 ∙ Annotation by Antigoni Lykotrafiti journal article

Annotation on European Commission Decision of 3 August 2016: State aid SA.41342 (2016/N) – Germany. Financing of Berlin Brandenburg Airport

Antigoni Lykotrafiti

European State Aid Law Quarterly, Volume 16 (2017), Issue 2, Page 299 - 309

This annotation focuses on the latest (out of three) European Commission decisions on the financing of the new Berlin airport by its public shareholders. The decision is important because it deals with a case having a great impact on the Single Market. Moreover, it constitutes the first example of application of the private investor test in airport financing cases after the publication of the Commission Notice on the notion of State aid – the jewel in the crown of the State Aid Modernisation initiative. The commentary points to the link between politics, law and economics in high-profile State aid cases, questioning the effectiveness of EU State aid control. Keywords: Market Economy Investor Principle; Airport Infrastructure; Airport Operator; Traffic Forecast; Severability; Predictability.


Low Cost Carriers and State Aids: A Paradox? journal article

Antigoni Lykotrafiti

European State Aid Law Quarterly, Volume 7 (2008), Issue 2, Page 16

I. Introduction Since the liberalization of the air transport market in the 1990s the Commission’s focus has primarily concentrated on the business practices of national flag carriers. This is partly justified due to the virtual monopoly these carriers had been enjoying in their respective domestic markets for decades. Arguably, the Commission’s efforts at the beginning of the deregulation process, as it results from its early State aid decisions, wer

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