2022 Universal Registration Document

R i sk and r i sk management Legal and arbitration proceedings

Main policies directly benefting the Company’s subsidiaries Professional civil liability policies have been taken out on behalf of ADP International, ADP Ingénierie, Hub One and its subsidiaries, Hologarde, Extime F&B Paris, Airport International Group (AIG) and the various real estate subsidiaries for the purposes of covering their activities carried out in France or abroad, as the case may be.

Insurance studies are underway to cover the risks of new subsidiaries that may join the Group in the coming months.

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2 . 3 LEGAL AND ARB I TRAT I ON PROCEED I NGS

on the financial position, business, results or assets of Aéroports de Paris or of its subsidiaries. The overall consolidated provisions created for all Group litigation and claims is shown in Note 8.1 to the consolidated financial statements in Chapter 6.

To date, other than the disputes mentioned below, neither Aéroports de Paris nor any of its subsidiaries have been in the past or are currently party to any legal action or arbitration procedure before an independent authority, government body or non-jurisdictional authority, that could give rise in the future, or has given rise in the last 12 months, to material adverse impacts

REGULATORY LITIGATION FOR NEW DELHI AIRPORT

In addition, DIAL initiated arbitration proceedings regarding a dispute arising from the application by DIAL of the force majeure clause in the concession contract due to the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on DIAL and the execution of its obligations. On 5 January 2021, the Delhi High Court granted DIAL, via a temporary order for relief, the right to suspend the payment of concession fees until an arbitration court rules on the matter. AAI (Airports Authority of India), a party to the arbitration, has appealed this decision. The case is still ongoing. The parties signed a settlement agreement on 25 April 2022 which set interim measures pending the final decision.

Delhi airport operates with a system of double hybrid tiles. Aeronautical revenues are regulated via orders by the Airports Economic Regulatory Authority (AERA) over five-year periods, after consultations with stakeholders. Non-aeronautical revenues are not regulated, however a contribution of 30% of these revenues to the regulated revenues is imposed. In 2020, DIAL (the concession holder for the Delhi Airport) was granted a temporary extension of the conditions of the second regulation period, while waiting for the determination of the regulated tariffs for the third period, which was supposed to run between April 2019 and March 2024. As of 30 December 2020, the final order for the third regulatory period was published by the Airports Economic Regulatory Authority of India.

TAX LITIGATION IN TURKEY

February 2021. The latter unanimously rendered a favourable judgement in December 2022. The Turkish tax authorities, without however putting forward any new arguments, appealed this decision. The dispute is still pending.

Following a tax audit that began in 2017, the Turkish tax authorities challenged the rate of withholding tax applied by a subsidiary on dividends distributed within the Group. After unsuccessful attempts at conciliation with the tax authorities, the Group filed a dispute with the Turkish courts in

ADP INTERNATIONAL INITIATES ARBITRATION PROCEEDINGS AGAINST THE REPUBLIC OF CHILE

The dispute relates to the Chilean State’s refusal to take measures to alleviate the severe economic consequences suffered by the Nuevo Pudahuel Airport concessionary company as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic and the resulting governmental measures, while at the same time the Chilean State continued to impose on the concessionary company a number of financial and

ADP International and Vinci Airport have filed a claim with the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) against the Chilean State in application of the bilateral treaty between France and Chile on the protection of foreign investments, which was registered on 13 August 2021.

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