Press Release: State aid: Commission opens in-depth investigation into Spanish high-speed railway test centre (CEATF)

On 23 March 2015 the European Commission opened an in-depth investigation to examine whether the public financing of a test centre for high-speed trains and related equipment (the Centro de Ensayos de Alta Tecnología Ferroviaria, CEATF) near Malaga in Spain is compatible with EU state aid rules.

The Commission has doubts that the project pursues a genuine objective of common interest.

ESO: Background information: State aid: Commission adopts new rules facilitating public support for research, development and innovation http://www.europeansources.info/record/press-release-state-aid-commission-adopts-new-rules-facilitating-public-support-for-research-development-and-innovation/

ESO: Background information: State aids http://www.europeansources.info/record/website-state-aids/

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