air carriermeans an air carrier as defined in Regulation (EC) No 1008/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council;
air transport servicemeans a flight or a series of flights carrying passengers, cargo or mail for remuneration or hire;
discriminationmeans differentiation of any kind without objective justification in respect of the supply of goods or services, including public services, employed for the operation of air transport services, or in respect of their treatment by public authorities relevant to such services, including practices relating to air navigation or airport facilities and services, fuel, ground handling, security, computer reservation systems, slot allocation, charges, and the use of other facilities or services employed for the operation of air transport services;
interested partymeans any natural or legal person, or any official body, whether or not it has its own legal personality, that is likely to have a significant interest in the result of proceedings, including, but not limited to, air carriers;
practices distorting competitionmeans discrimination and subsidies;
subsidymeans a financial contribution:
third-country entitymeans any natural or legal person, whether profit-making or not, or any official body whether or not it has its own legal personality, which is under the jurisdiction of a third country, whether controlled by a third-country government or not, and is directly or indirectly involved in air transport services or related services or in providing infrastructure or services used to provide air transport services or related services;
threat of injurymeans a threat for which development into injury is clearly foreseeable, very likely and imminent, and which can be attributed beyond reasonable doubt to an action or decision by a third country or a third-country entity;
Union air carriermeans an air carrier with a valid operating licence granted by a Member State in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1008/2008;
Union air carrier concernedmeans the air carrier which is allegedly subject to an injury or a threat of injury pursuant to point (b) of Article 4(1).