- Volume 11 (2012), Issue 2
- Vol. 11 (2012), No. 2
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- Pages 347 - 367
- pp. 347 - 367
What’s New in SGEI in 2012? – An Overview of the Commission’s SGEI Package
I. Introduction On 20 December 2011 the Commission adopted a new package of State aid rules for services of general economic interest (SGEI). These instruments entered into force on 31 January 2012.1 This reform had been preceded by a wide consultation process first launched on 23 March 2011 with the adoption of a Communication2 setting out the two key principles on which the Commission intended to base the revision: clarification and a diversified, p