Press Release: State aid: Commission opens in-depth investigation into public funding of five Dutch professional football clubs

The European Commission has opened an in-depth investigation to find out whether measures of five municipalities in the Netherlands in favour of local professional football clubs comply with EU State aid rules.

None of those measures, taken in 2010 and 2011, was notified to the Commission, who was alerted by concerned citizens. The Commission also found that measures taken by a sixth municipality did not constitute State aid.

European Commission: DG Competition http://ec.europa.eu/competition/index_en.html

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