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SAS's reimbursement of cancelled state aid prompts EU law questions

By Jean Comte ( August 14, 2025, 15:56 GMT | Insight) -- Top EU judges have been asked to rule whether airline group SAS must pay interest on a state aid that had been authorized by the European Commission, but subsequently cancelled by the EU's lower-tier court. The requests for preliminary rulings are the latest development in a legal saga triggered by Ryanair's 2020 challenge of Covid era financial support granted by several EU states to their national airlines.A plea by SAS Scandinavian airlines to be spared a financial penalty for state aid that was approved by the European Commission but subsequently annulled is set to be considered by the EU's top court following separate requests from a Danish and a Swedish court....

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