Brussels, 03/05/2011 (Agence Europe) - In a speech delivered in Brussels on 2 May as part of the EPC Policy Dialogue, European Commission Vice-President with responsibility for Competition Joaquín Almunia set out the broad thrust behind the new rules which will apply, with effect from 1 December, to the funding of services of general economic interest (SGEI).
These rules will replace the framework decision which has been in force since 2005 (the Monti-Kroes package) and the Commission is...