The exemption granted to Francisco Sá Carneiro Airport in Oporto on the basis of Article 9(1)(c) of the Directive, as notified to the Commission on 11 October 1999, fails to meet the conditions laid down in Article 9 of the Directive. Consequently, Portugal may not implement the abovementioned decision.
This Decision is addressed to the Portuguese Republic.
Done at Brussels, 10 January 2000.
For the Commission
Loyola DE PALACIO
Vice-President
(1) OJ L 272, 25.10.1996, p. 36.
(2) OJ C 337, 25.10.1999, p. 5.
(3) Diário da República - 23.7.99 - I Series-A No 170, p. 4588.
(4) Decree No 275/99, Diário da República - 23.7.99 - Series-A No 170, p. 4588.
(5) Decree No 275/99, Diário da República - 23.7.99 - Series-A No 170, p. 4588.
(6) Commission decisions of 14 January 1998, OJ L 173, 18.6.1998, p. 32.
(7) Judgments of 25 July 1991, Cases C-288/89 Mediawet, [1991] ECR I-4007 and C-76/90, Säger v. Dennemeyer, [1991] ECR I-4221.
(8) See footnote 6.
(9) See footnote 7.