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Restructuring plan to rescue SeaFrance fails to meet approval

  • Nabarro LLP
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  • European Union, France
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  • November 10 2011

France’s plan to recapitalise and rescue struggling ferry company SeaFrance failed to gain Commission approval on 24 October 2011

Inquiry opened into whether support for ferry companies during privatisation amounts to state aid

  • Nabarro LLP
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  • European Union
  • -
  • October 21 2011

Ferry companies, formerly part of the Tirrenia Group, operating between mainland Italy and nearby islands, have become the subject of an in-depth state aid inquiry following their privatisation

Support for cableway not aid

  • Nabarro LLP
  • -
  • Czech Republic, European Union
  • -
  • October 11 2010

The European Commission has confirmed that 10m in aid for the reconstruction of a cableway on Mount Sněžka in the Czech Republic does not constitute state aid as it will not distort competition

State aid for public service obligations must comply with Altmark conditions

  • Nabarro LLP
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  • European Union, Italy
  • -
  • June 24 2010

On 10 June 2010, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) handed down a judgment on a preliminary reference from an Italian court concerning the interpretation of EU state aid law as applied to compensation for the discharge of public service obligations

Commission reviews aid to rail companies

  • Nabarro LLP
  • -
  • European Union
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  • March 4 2010

Economic assistance given by European governments to rail operators came under the spotlight on 24 February 2010 with the announcement of two recent investigations in the sector