Seiner Exzellenz Herrn Heiko Maas Bundesminister Des Auswärtigen - Werderscher Markt 1D-11017 Berlin
EUROPEAN COMMISSION Brussels, 25.6.2020 C(2020) 4372 final In the published version of this decision, PUBLIC VERSION some information has been omitted, pursuant to articles 30 and 31 of Council This document is made available for Regulation (EU) 2015/1589 of 13 July 2015 information purposes only. laying down detailed rules for the application of Article 108 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, concerning non-disclosure of information covered by professional secrecy. The omissions are shown thus […] Subject: State Aid SA.57153 (2020/N) – Germany – COVID-19 - Aid to Lufthansa Excellency, 1 PROCEDURE (1) Following pre-notification contacts,1 by electronic notification of 12 June 2020, Germany notified aid in the form of a recapitalisation of Deutsche Lufthansa AG (“DLH”) (“the Measure”). DLH is the parent company of Lufthansa Group (“LH Group”), which comprises, among others, the airlines Brussels Airlines 1 The German authorities informed the Commission of the planned recapitalisation on 27 April 2020; on 1 May 2020 the German authorities submitted a first draft term sheet. This draft and its further amendments (shared by the German authorities with the Commission services on 6 , 24, 25, 27 and 29 May 2020) were discussed between the German authorities and the Commission services in the context of several calls and written exchanges, including requests for information of 28 and 30 April 2020, 2, 3, 10, 11, 13 and 18 May 2020, to which the German authorities replied on 29 and 30 April 2020, 1, 7, 12, 17 and 20 May 2020, 8, 9 and 11 June 2020.
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