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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9715

1 August 2008
Contents Publication in full By article 10 / 21
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/state aid
Commission clears Danish rescue package for Roskilde Bank

Brussels, 31/07/2008 (Agence Europe) - On Thursday 31 July 2008, the European Commission authorised a package of measures to support Roskilde Bank in Denmark. The Danish National Bank has granted Roskilde Bank a liquidity facility, which was guaranteed partly by the private financial sector and partly by the Danish state. The Commission concluded that the private guarantee and the part of the liquidity facility that it covers do not constitute state aid and the remaining part of the...