I. Introduction On 23 March 2011 the Commission adopted a Communication on the reform of the State aid rules on services of general economic interest (SGEI)1 and made public DG Competition’s long-expected Report2 on the application of the so-called Altmark package regarding compensations for SGEI. The Altmark package had been adopted on 28 November 2005 in order to clarify how, taking into account the Altmark judgment3, the Commission would asses