Judgment_paragraph 80 · Ryanair DAC v European Commission (T-628/20)

80In addition, Advocate General Kokott has stated that the concept of a ‘scheme’ within the meaning of Article 1(d) of Regulation 2015/1589 is to be given a broad interpretation. In her view, the practical effectiveness of State aid control also militates in favour of a broad interpretation, in so far as Article 1(d) of that regulation covers a large number of similar cases. The effectiveness of the Commission’s work would be jeopardised if Member States were able to prevent an abstract aid scheme from being reviewed by moving it from the statutory to the administrative level. The Commission would then have to deal with all decisions individually, even if they are similar (see, to that effect, Opinion of Advocate General Kokott in Commission v Belgium and Magnetrol International, C‑337/19 P, EU:C:2020:990, points 64 and 65).