Commission Decision of 27 June 2012 on the State aid No SA.33015 (2012/C) which Malta is planning to implement for Air Malta plc. (notified under document C(2012) 4198) (Only the English version is authentic) (Text with EEA relevance) (2012/661/EU)

Article 1 U.K.

The restructuring aid notified by Malta consisting in granting EUR 130 million to Air Malta in the form of equity, including a debt-to-equity swap of the approved rescue loan of EUR 52 million, constitutes State aid, within the meaning of Article 107 (1) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union.

That State aid is compatible with the internal market on the basis of Article 107(3)(c) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union.