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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8511

25 July 2003
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/court of justice
Public service financing is not State aid, Court says

Brussels, 24/07/2003 (Agence Europe) - On Wednesday, the EU Court of Justice gave a ruling that has been eagerly awaited in the Altmark Trans affair concerning public service financing. It considers that financial intervention in favour of public services is not State aid under Community law. The Court does not therefore accept the arguments of Advocate General Philippe Léger who, on two occasions, had issued conclusions stating that such financing was indeed State aid and that the projects...

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