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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 7714

11 May 2000
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/court of first instance
Judgement in Portuguese public television (RTP) affair rekindles case on State aid to public channels in the Union

Luxembourg, 10/05/2000 (Agence Europe) - A ruling by the Court of First Instance annulling the decision of the European Commission over aid to the Portuguese public television channel, RTP, rekindles the general matter of State financing of public television within the EU. The Commission had decided that the advantages granted by the Portuguese state to RTP (annual allocations, tax relief, payment facilities, debt staggering with social security, etc.) were not State aid under Community law....

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