Brussels, 25/11/2015 (Agence Europe) - In taking the view in 2011 that the Irish air travel tax (ATT) did not constitute state aid, the European Commission was wrong, as it did not open a formal examination procedure when several points indicated that it should have done, the General Court of the EU ruled on Tuesday 25 November in case T-512/11.
The ATT is levied on all airlines that carry passengers from an Irish airport. The rate in force was set initially on the basis of the distance...