Press Release: State aid: Commission publishes updated Guide on services of general economic interest (SGEI)

The European Commission services have published an updated guide to explain how EU rules in the fields of state aid, public procurement and the internal market apply to services of general economic interest (SGEI). The guide provides simple and comprehensive answers to the most frequent questions asked by public authorities, service users and providers and other stakeholders.

Originally published in 2010, it has been revised to take account of the new state aid rules on SGEI that the Commission adopted in December 2011 and April 2012 - the so-called "Almunia" Package.

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