06/03/2020 (Agence Europe) – The European Commission found on Friday 6 March that measures in favour of the Portuguese railway maintenance company Empresa de Manutenção de Manutenção de Equipamento Ferroviário (EMEF) did not involve state aid within the meaning of EU rules. In 2015, the Commission received a complaint alleging that EMEF had received illegal state aid (capital increases, loans and guarantees) through its parent company CP, the Portuguese public rail transport operator. In June 2016, the Commission opened an in-depth investigation into certain measures granted by CP to EMEF. The investigation did not provide any indication of any specific involvement of the Portuguese authorities in CP’s decisions to grant the measures to EMEF. The Commission concluded that the measures are not imputable to the Portuguese State and therefore do not constitute state aid within the meaning of EU rules. (LC)