2000/521/EC: Commission Decision of 26 July 2000 relating to a proceeding pursuant to Article 86(3) of the EC Treaty (notified under document number C(2000) 2267) (Text with EEA relevance) (Only the Spanish text is authentic)

• Articles: 3

Article 1

The system of discounts on landing charges and the differentiation of landing charges according to the origin of the flight, provided for by Royal Decrees 1064/91 and 1268/94 and Law 41/1994, constitute a measure incompatible with Article 86(1) of the Treaty, read in conjunction with Article 82 thereof, and with Article 59 of the EEA Agreement, read in conjunction with Article 54 thereof.

Article 2

Spain 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 Kingdom of Spain.

Done at Brussels, 26 July 2000.

For the Commission

Mario Monti

Member of the Commission

(1) BOE (Spanish Official Journal) No 163, 9.7.1991, p. 22730.

(2) BOE (Spanish Official Journal) No 157, 2.7.1994, p. 21317.

(3) BOE (Spanish Official Journal) No 312, 30.12.1994, p. 37510.

(4) Airport Economics Manual - Document 9562.1991 ICAO.

(5) See footnote 4.

(6) OJ L 216, 12.9.1995, p. 8.

(7) OJ 13, 21.2.1962, p. 204/62.

(8) OJ L 148, 15.6.1999, p. 5.

(9) OJ 124, 28.11.1962, p. 2751/62.

(10) OJ 306, 16.12.1967, p. 1/67.

(11) OJ L 374, 31.12.1987, p. 1.

(12) OJ L 240, 24.8.1992, p. 18.

(13) Case C-179/90 Merci Convenzionali Porto di Genova SpA v. Siderurgica Gabrielli SpA, [1991] ECR I-5889, p. 5923.

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

(15) OJ L 69, 16.3.1999, p. 24.

(16) OJ L 69, 16.3.1999, p. 31.

(17) Case C-41/90 Höfner and Elser v. Macrotron [1991] ECR I-1979, paragraph 28 and Case C-260/89 ERT v DRP [1991] ECR I-2925, paragraph 31.

(18) Case C-179/90 and Case C-266/96 Corsica Ferries [1998] ECR I-3949.

(19) Paragraph 34 and footnote 61.

(20) Now Article 82(2)(c).

(21) Cited above, point 45.

(22) Now Article 86(1) and Article 82.

(23) OJ L 240, 24.8.1992, p. 8.