Commission Decision (EU) 2015/1091 of 9 July 2014 on the measures SA.34191 (2012/C) (ex 2012/NN) (ex 2012/CP) implemented by Latvia for A/S Air Baltic Corporation (airBaltic) (notified under document C(2014) 4552) (Text with EEA relevance)

The first State loan of LVL 16 million which the Republic of Latvia granted to airBaltic in 2011, as well as the acquisition by the State of 0 %-coupon bonds from airBaltic in April 2010 and the payment of EUR 2,8 million by Latvijas Krājbanka to airBaltic in November 2011, do not constitute aid within the meaning of Article 107(1) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union.

The second State loan of LVL 67 million and the capital increase of airBaltic, which the Republic of Latvia implemented in 2011, as well as the attribution to airBaltic of a claim of EUR 5 million, which the Republic of Latvia implemented in 2012, constitute aid within the meaning of Article 107(1) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union. That aid is compatible with the internal market within the meaning of Article 107(3)(c) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union.

This Decision is addressed to the Republic of Latvia.