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18. März 2025 | State Aid Uncovered von Phedon Nicolaides

Compensation for the Net Cost of Providing Postal Services

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Introduction Significant changes have occurred in the postal sector across Europe. Partly as a result of the covid-19 pandemic and partly due to technological evolution, letter deliveries have declined precipitously while parcel deliveries have increased substantially. At the same time digital mail has become ubiquitous. For example, in early March 2025, NordPost, the postal incumbent in Denmark and Sweden announced […]

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29. Oktober 2024 | State Aid Uncovered von Phedon Nicolaides

An Unusual SGEI

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Introduction Member States are free to determine what the regard as a service of general economic interest [SGEI]. The Commission may only check whether the definition is free of manifest error and that any compensation that is provided conforms with the conditions laid down in the 2012 SGEI package. Member States commit a manifest error when they designate as SGEI […]

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15. Dezember 2020 | State Aid Uncovered von Phedon Nicolaides

The Law, Economics and Art of Compensation for Public Service Obligations

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State aid in the form of compensation for public service obligations must exclude any intangible benefits from the obligation, but may include reasonable profit. The Commission guidelines for State aid in agriculture and forestry, the block exemption regulations covering agriculture, forestry, fishery and aquaculture, and the Regulation on de minimis aid for fishery and aquaculture have been prolonged to 31 […]

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