1999/198/EC: Commission Decision of 10 February 1999 relating to a proceeding pursuant to Article 86 of the Treaty (IV/35.767 - Ilmailulaitos/Luftfartsverket) (notified under document number C(1999) 239) (Only the Finnish and Swedish texts are authentic) (Text with EEA relevance)

• Articles: 3

Article 1

Ilmailulaitos/Luftfartsverket has infringed Article 86 of the Treaty by using its dominant position as Finnish airport administrator to impose discriminatory landing charges in Finnish airports, according to the type of flight, that is either domestic or intra-EEA.

Article 2

Ilmailulaitos/Luftfartsverket must bring to an end the infringement referred to in Article l and inform the Commission within two months of the date of notification of this Decision of the measures it has taken to that end.

Article 3

This Decision is addressed to Ilmailulaitos/Luftfartsverket, PO Box 50, FIN-01531 Vantaa.

Done at Brussels, 10 February 1999.

For the Commission

Karel VAN MIERT

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ 13, 21. 2. 1962, p. 204/62.

(2) OJ L 216, 12. 9. 1995, p. 8.

(3) Document 9562-1991 ICAO.

(4) FIM 1 = 0,1681 EUR.

(5) OJ 124, 28. 11. 1962, p. 2751/62.

(6) OJ 306, 16. 12. 1967, p. 1.

(7) OJ L 374, 31. 12. 1987, p. 1.

(8) OJ L 240, 24. 8. 1992, p. 18.

(9) See in particular Case C-41/90 Höfner and Elser v. Macroton [1991] ECR I-1979, paragraph 21, and Joined Cases C-159 and 160/91 Christian Poucet v. Assurances Générales de France and Caisse Mutuelle Régionale du Languedoc-Roussillon [1993] ECR I-637, paragraph 17.

(10) See the judgments in Case 118/85 Commission v. Italy [1987] ECR 2599, paragraphs 7 and 8, and in Case C-343/95 Diego Cali & Figli Srl/Servizi ecologici Porto di Genova [1997] ECR I-1547, paragraphs 16, 17 and 18.

(11) See points 2, 3 and 4.

(12) Case C-179/90, Merci convenzionali porto di Genova/Siderurgica Gabrielli [1991] ECR I-5889.

(13) Case C-18/93, Corsica Ferries Italia/Corpo dei piloti del porto di Genova [1994] ECR I-1783.

(14) Cited in footnote 2.

(15) Case C-41/90 Höfner and Elser, cited in footnote 9, paragraph 28; Case C-260/89 ERT [1991] ECR I-2925, paragraph 31.

(16) Case C-323/93, Société agricole du Centre d'insémination de la Crespelle/Coopérative d'élévage et d'insémination artificielle du département de la Mayenne [1994] ECR I-5077.

(17) Case C-393/92 Commune d'Almelo et autres/Energiebedrijf Ijsselmij [1994] ECR I-1477.

(18) Paragraph 17.

(19) Cited in footnote 13.

(20) Paragraph 34.

(21) Source: ACI Europe Airport Database.

(22) Source: Finnish Civil Aviation Statistics.

(23) Cited in footnote 13.