Scandlines is questioning the European Commission's (EC) decision to provide 55 years of state aid for the Fehmarn tunnel project, connecting Germany and Denmark.
The ferry owner claims that its concerns over competition in the area have not been taken into account and has asked the European Court of Justice to annul the financing approval.
Soren Poulsgaard Jensen, chief executive of Scandlines, said: “When the EC this July surprisingly pressed through an approval of the Fehmarn project’s financing model, it happened without the opening of a formal procedure and without involving or warning the complainants, a total of five private and public companies including Scandlines.
“We
