1999/199/EC: Commission Decision of 10 February 1999 relating to a proceeding pursuant to Article 90 of the Treaty (Case No IV/35.703 - Portuguese airports) (notified under document number C(1999) 243) (Only the Portuguese text is authentic) (Text with EEA relevance)

• Articles: 3

Article 1

The system of discounts on landing charges, differentiated according to the origin of the flight, provided for at the airports of Lisbon, Oporto and Faro by Decree-law (Decreto-Lei) No 102/90 of 21 March 1990, implementing decree (Decreto Regulamentar) No 38/91 of 29 July 1991 and order in Council (Portaria) No 352/98 of 23 June 1998 constitutes a measure incompatible with Article 90(1) of the Treaty, read in conjunction with Article 86 thereof.

Article 2

Portugal shall bring to an end the infringement referred to in Article 1 and shall 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 the Portuguese Republic.

Done at Brussels, 10 February 1999.

For the Commission

Karel VAN MIERT

Member of the Commission

(1) See recitals 1 and 2.

(2) Document 9562. 1991 ICAO.

(3) Case C-179/90 Porto di Genova v. Siderurgica Gabrielli [1991] ECR I-5889, p. 5923, paragraph 15.

(4) Case C-18/93 Corsica Ferries Italia v. Corpo dei Piloti del Porto di Genova [1994] ECR I-1783.

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

(6) Cited above, footnote 4.

(7) Case C-323/93 Crespelle [1994] ECR I-5077.

(8) Case C-393/92 Almelo [1994] ECR I-1477.

(9) Paragraph 17.

(10) Corsica Ferries France v. Gruppo Antichi Ormeggiatori del porto di Genova [1998] ECR I-3949, paragraph 39.

(11) See also Case C-41/90 Hofner and Elser v. Macrotron [1991] ECR I-1979, paragraph 28; Case C-260/89 ERT v. DRP [1991] ECR I-2925, paragraph 31; the Port of Genoa case, cited in footnote 3, paragraph 14; and Case C-163/96 Silvano Raso and others [1998] ECR I-0533, recital 25.

(12) Case T-65/89 BPB Industries and British Gypsum v. Commission [1993] ECR II-389, paragraph 69.

(13) Case C-5/94 The Queen v. Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, ex parte: Hedley Lomas (Ireland [1996] ECR I-2553.

(14) Cited in footnote 5, recital 16.

(15) Cited above, footnote 4.

(16) Cited above, footnote 11.

(17) Cited above, footnote 10.

(18) Cited above, footnote 4.

(19) See recital 34.

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

(21) According to the timetables published for November 1998 in the Official Airline Guide (OAG), there are still no direct flights between any of the airports in the Azores and any Community airport outside Portugal.