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Commission extends in-depth investigation into aid to Ryanair and other companies operating at Spanish airports Girona-Costa Brava and Reus

Brussels, 17/02/2020 (Agence Europe)

The European Commission decided, on Monday 17 February, to broaden the scope of its on-going State Aid investigation into marketing agreements concluded by Spanish public authorities (via certain public entities) with Ryanair and a number of other airlines using Girona-Costa Brava and Reus airports in Catalonia to additional marketing contracts.

In 2013, the Commission opened an in-depth investigation to assess whether marketing arrangements between Spanish public authorities and airlines...