Article 1

The first State loan of LVL 16 million which the Republic of Latvia granted to airBaltic in 2011, as well as the acquisition by the State of 0 %-coupon bonds from airBaltic in April 2010 and the payment of EUR 2,8 million by Latvijas Krājbanka to airBaltic in November 2011, do not constitute aid within the meaning of Article 107(1) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union.