Brussels, 20/03/2002 (Agence Europe) - The European Commission has rejected the complaint filed by the companies Huntstown Air Park and Omega Aviation Services, which were refused authorisation to build a second passenger terminal at Dublin Airport. The Irish government considered that the first terminal should be developed to a maximum capacity before it would be appropriate to develop a second terminal. The complainants considered that this refusal was equivalent to abuse of dominant position on the part of the airport authority, Aer Rianta (Article 82 of the Treaty) and in infringement of Article 86 whereby Member States cannot decree or maintain measures likely to violate competition rules. After its investigation, the Commission pointed out that there was no violation of Community law, and considered that the refusal was linked more to motives relating to security, town planning and environmental protection.