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Air transport

Antitrust legislation

Council Regulations

  • Council Regulation 1/2003 applies to all air transport services, including on routes between the EU and third countries. The latter was achieved through the adoption of Council Regulation 411/2004 on 26 February 2004, (Official Journal L 68, 6.3.2004, p. 1-2).
  • Council Regulation (EC) No 487/2009 of 25 May 2009 on the application of Article 81(3) of the Treaty to certain categories of agreements and concerted practices in the air transport sector (Codified version) (Official Journal L 148, 11.6.2009)


Commission Regulations

Commission antitrust regulations specific to air transport have been gradually repealed, no such regulation is in force today. General antitrust regulations are however applicable.


Commission Notices and Communications

General notices and communications on antitrust are applicable. There are no notices or communications specific to antitrust in the air transport sector.


International relations

Among the acts relevant to international relations in the air transport sector, reference can be made to the following:


State aid legislation

Commission Communication


Coronavirus

General legislation

There are a large number of regulations and directives governing the air transport sector. The following list includes only links to those that are related to the internal market or to the international regulatory framework. More information is available on the air transport website.

 

Maritime transport

Antitrust legislation

Council Regulation

Commission regulations

Commission communication

  • Communication to the Commission C(2023)6700 - Expiry of Commission Regulation (EC) No 906/2009 of 28 September 2009 on the application of Article 81(3) of the Treaty to certain categories of agreements, decisions and concerted practices between liner shipping companies (consortia)

State aid legislation

Commission communications

General legislation

There are a large number of regulations and directives governing the maritime transport sector. The following list includes only links to some of those. For more information please refer to the maritime transport website.

 

Rail, road and inland waterways transport

Antitrust legislation

State aid legislation

Regulation

Community guidelines on State aid for railway undertakings

General legislation on rail transport

There are a large number of regulations and directives governing the rail transport sector. The following list includes only links to some of those. More information is available on the rail transport website.

General legislation on road transport

There are a large number of regulations and directives governing the road transport sector. The following list includes only links to some of those. More information is available on the road transport website.

General legislation on inland waterways transport

There are a large number of regulations and directives governing the inland waterway transport sector. The following list includes only links to some of those. More information is available on the inland waterways transport website.

 

Infrastructure

Antitrust and general legislation

Commission notices and guidelines

Clarification of the Commission recommendations on the application of the competition rules to new transport infrastructure projects. Official Journal C 298 , 30.09.1997 p. 5-9

General legislation applicable to the transport infrastructure

Legislation governing transport infrastructure can be found on the Transport website of the Commission. Among those more relevant to competition, reference can be made to the following: