Press Release: State aid: Commission refers Germany to Court for failure to recover incompatible aid from Deutsche Post

The European Commission on 20 November 2013 referred Germany to the EU's Court of Justice for failing to comply with a Commission decision of January 2012 ordering the recovery of incompatible state aid from Deutsche Post. The Commission's decision had found that a combination of high regulated prices and pension subsidies granted by Germany gave Deutsche Post AG an undue economic advantage over competitors and was therefore incompatible with EU State aid rules. The Commission ordered Germany to recover the incompatible aid from Deutsche Post and abolish the relevant provisions for the future. Almost two years after the Commission's decision, this has still not been done.

ESO: Background information: State aid: Commission adopts a package of four decisions concerning the incumbent postal operators in Germany, Belgium, France and Greece http://www.europeansources.info/record/press-release-state-aid-commission-adopts-a-package-of-four-decisions-concerning-the-incumbent-postal-operators-in-germany-belgium-france-and-greece/

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