In 2009 and 2010, three decisions by the European Commission in the area of port infrastructure financing gave a new direction to the State aid discussion in the port sector. The aim of this article is to analyse these decisions and place them in the context of European port policy as well as new legal developments such as the ruling of the European Court of Justice (ECJ) on airports1 and the regime on services of general economic interest (SGEI).2

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