09/06/2006 (Agence Europe) - The European Commission on 7 June decided that the State guarantee granted by Ireland to Coràs Iompair Eirann, the Irish national transport committee, to finance new railway infrastructures does not constitute state aid because, according to Transport Commissioner Jacques Barrot, “supervising the construction of new transport infrastructure by a public authority is not an economic activity subject to competition law, but a sovereign decision of the Member...