Brussels, 05/09/2014 (Agence Europe) - After a three-year in-depth investigation, the European Commission concluded on Friday 5 September that a Bulgarian law in force from 2007 to 2009, that is, at the time of the country's accesion to the EU, was incompatible with EU state aid rules. Bulgaria has been ordered to rectify matters.
The law allowed private owners of forest land to swap their estates for publicly-owned forests. The value of the forest land - both private and public - was...