Grunnleggende prinsipper for statsstøtte til tjenester av allmenn økonomisk betydning

Ansvarlig departement: Fornyings-, administrasjons- og kirkedepartementet

Sakstype: Retningslinjer

Behandlende organ: Kommisjonen: forbereder nye forslag (konsulterer)

Saksområde: Konkurranse og statsstøtte: retningslinjer for statsstøtte (EFTAs overvåkingsorgan)

BAKGRUNN (fra Kommisjonens pressemelding 16.9.2011, engelsk utgave)

Cmmission holds consultation on the texts of the new rules for Services of General Economic Interest (SGEI)
The European Commission today publishes the proposals for the new texts regarding the application of state aid rules to Services of General Economic Interest (SGEI) for consultation of Member States and stakeholders before submitting a final text to the College. The new rules are expected to be adopted by the end of January 2012. The Commission has already consulted extensively on the revision of the so-called Monti-Kroes package of rules applying to services that are of general interest but of economic nature, in other words where public and private sector cohabit. In his speeches on the subject, Vice President Almunia has said that the main objective is to have clearer and simpler rules to make life easier for the public authorities and the service providers. To put less emphasis on local services that often involve small compensation amounts and focus more on the services that have a cross-border impact. He plans to extend the range of social services that are exempted from prior scrutiny - currently only hospitals and social housing benefit from such safe haven - and to introduce a specific de minimis rule to exclude the very small and local services. The ultimate goal is to contribute to making services of general economic interest more efficient, including because public finances in many countries are in need of repair and taxpayers' money should be carefully spent.

For draft texts see:
http://ec.europa.eu/competition/state_aid/legislation/sgei.html