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Local and regional governments as service providers
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Public services - 15.07.2005
A victory for common sense - Europe's local and regional government welcomes Commission package on compensation for ...
The Council of European Municipalities and Regions (CEMR) expresses its strong support for the package of measures adopted on 13 July by the European Commission.
This package represents a victory for common sense and pragmatism, says CEMR secretary general Jeremy Smith. Pure compensation to undertakings to meet the cost of carrying out public service obligations should not be seen as state aid. But something urgently needs to be done to protect local governments who have been left in an untenable legal position.
The Commission has acted in order to resolve the legal and practical confusion caused by the European Court of Justice in the Altmark case (which ...
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