TY - JOUR T1 - Some Legal Reflections on the Almunia Package A1 - Sierra, José Luis Buendía A1 - de Juan, María Muñoz PY - 2012 N2 - I. Introduction Ever since the establishment of the European Economic Community – now the European Union (EU) – the treatment of services of general economic interest (SGEI) never was a straightforward issue under European law. The first legal issue is the exact meaning of the concept of SGEI. Legal commentators, the Commission in its decision-making practice as well as the EU courts all agree that ‘SGEI’ is a EU-law concept without direct equiva JF - European State Aid Law Quarterly JA - European State Aid Law Quarterly VL - 11 IS - 2 UR - https://doi.org/10.21552/ESTAL/2012/2/289 M3 - doi:10.21552/ESTAL/2012/2/289 ER -