Concerning the alleged non-payment of the spatosimo tax, the Greek Government submitted that the relationship between the air carriers, who collected spatosimo, and the Civil Aviation Authority, to which they forwarded it, had to be distinguished from the relationship between the Authority and the airports in Greece (including AIA), which received funding from spatosimo calculated on the basis of the number of passengers flown.
En ce qui concerne l’allégation relative au non-paiement du «spatosimo», le gouvernement grec a expliqué qu’il faut distinguer, d’une part, la relation entre les transporteurs aériens qui collectent le spatosimo et l’Administration grecque de l’aviation civile à laquelle ils le reversent et, d’autre part, la relation entre cette administration et les aéroports grecs (dont AIA) qui perçoivent une part du spatosimo calculée en fonction du trafic passagers.