- Volume 11 (2012), Issue 1
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- Pages 73 - 83
- pp. 73 - 83
“Driving” Altmark in Land Transport
I. Introduction Aid to companies entrusted with public service obligations (PSO) has become an issue of controversy for many years. The Altmark ruling, however, has provided guidance in a case that involved aid granted to companies required by law to provide public transport services. This ruling laid down four cumulative criteria in order for compensation for PSO not to constitute State aid and thus be exempt from the notification requirement of