Brussels, 20/12/2011 (Agence Europe) - On Tuesday 20 December, the European Commission adopted a revised package of EU state aid rules for the assessment of public compensation for services of general economic interest (SGEI) in the form of four items of draft legislation covering all public authorities, be they national, regional or local. The new rules, which replace the so-called “Monti-Kroes” package of July 2005, clarify basic notions such as “economic activity” to facilitate...