Press Release: State aid: Commission finds that Simet SpA is not entitled to public service compensation

The European Commission on 2 October 2013 concluded that a planned monetary compensation in favour of Simet SpA, which provides bus services to and from Calabria, is incompatible with EU state aid rules. By a judgment of March 2010, the Consiglio di Stato (Italian Supreme Court for administrative matters) recognised Simet’s right to obtain compensation retroactively for its inter-regional scheduled bus services between 1987 and 2003. The Italian authorities then notified the measure to the Commission, who opened an in-depth investigation in May 2012 (see IP/12/518). The Commission found no justification for any such monetary compensation.

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ESO: Background information: Press Release: State aid: Commission opens in-depth investigation on €60 million public service compensation planned for Simet SpA http://www.europeansources.info/record/press-release-state-aid-commission-opens-in-depth-investigation-on-e60-million-public-service-compensation-planned-for-simet-spa/

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