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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10800
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ECONOMY - FINANCES - BUSINESS / (ae) state aid

Five Dutch football clubs under investigation

Brussels, 06/03/2013 (Agence Europe) - On 6 March, the European Commission launched a detailed investigation into measures taken by five Dutch cities for professional football clubs to see whether they comply with EU state aid rules. None of the measures, introduced in 2010 and 2011, was notified to the European Commission, which was informed about them by members of the public.

The Commission is investigating financial measures for NEC (Nijmegen), MVV (Maastricht), Willem II (Tilburg), PSV...

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INSTITUTIONAL
(AE) UNITED KINGDOM: Junker says British approach could have serious ramifications
(AE) HUNGARY: New Council of Europe concerns about Constitution
(AE) EP:
ECONOMY - FINANCES - BUSINESS
(AE) COMPETITION: European Commission fines Microsoft €561 million
(AE) COMPETITION: Anti-trust investigation into LG of Lithuania
(AE) STATE AID: Detailed investigation into aid for Cyprus Airways
(AE) STATE AID: Investigations into aid for HDS and Larco in Greece
(AE) STATE AID: Investigation into aid for big electricity users in Germany
(AE) STATE AID: Five Dutch football clubs under investigation
(AE) STATE AID:
(AE) BANKING: Commission discusses bank reform
(AE) LATVIA: Riga officially applies to join euro
(AE) ECONOMY: Two-pack changes to stability and growth pact endorsed
(AE) ECONOMY:
EXTERNAL ACTION
(AE) THAILAND: Launch of free trade negotiations
(AE) UNITED STATES: Tackling agricultural barriers to free trade
(AE) SYRIA: Free Syrian Army repeats request for weapons from EU
(AE) ISRAEL: EU requests clarification regarding new bus services
(AE) MOLDAVIA: EU calls for political dialogue “without delay”
(AE) BURMA: EU-Burma task force in November
(AE) VENEZUELA: EU pays qualified homage to Hugo Chavez
(AE) LIBYA: Inauguration of border security support project
(AE) MEDITERRANEAN: EIB support for southern bank transition
SECTORAL POLICIES
(AE) WOMEN: Zero tolerance from Reding for female genital mutilation
(AE) TRANSPORT: Commission considering penalty points for driving licences in Europe
(AE) TRANSPORT: El Khadraoui rapporteur for rail liberalisation
(AE) SINGLE MARKET: Sofia gets behind judicial system on patent
(AE) PATENT: Good showing by European businesses
(AE) COHESION: Hahn takes stock of outermost regions with Lurel
(AE) JHA: Sofia and Bucharest will have to wait a bit longer for Schengen
(AE) ENERGY: Ministerial in March on interconnection of Baltic region
(AE) ENVIRONMENT: Janez Potocnik calls for greener CAP
(AE) ENVIRONMENT:
(AE) TOURISM: Excellent performance in sector in 2012
(AE) EDUCATION: ESU laments increase in registration fees in Bulgaria