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State aid and Services of general economic interest (SGEI)

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Services of general economic interest (SGEI) are activities that are of particular importance to the public and would not be supplied (at least not under the same conditions) if the state did not intervene. It is important to consider the application of the State aid rules to SGEIs; if a SGIE meets the conditions set out by the Court of Justice in the Altmark case, the State aid rules will not apply. 

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Portrait ofMarlene Wimmer-Nistelberger
Marlene Wimmer-Nistelberger
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