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The EU commission starts a consultation on the norms in matter of aids of State on the marine transport
The more recent guidelines are defined in 2004
February 14, 2012
The EU commission has started a public consultation in order to collect the opinions of the parts interested on the performance of the guidelines in matter of aids of State to the marine transports defined by the EU in 2004. The observations and the contributions, that they could be introduced until next 14 May, will be used by the Commission in order to decide if see again the lines it guides on such type of aids of State and if, if, to carry out ulterior consultations before to adopt eventual new rules.
The Commission will analyze the received contributions before to decide in that measure to change the current rules and therefore if to introduce a proposal of review of marine politics. Brussels has remembered that the current lines guide are not subject to some expiration date, even if the Commission is held to examine their application periodically, and that in absence of any review they will continue to being applied the current lines guides.
""In 1989 - it has reminded the vice president of the EU commission, Joaquín Almunia, in charge of politics of the competition - the Commission has adopted the first lines guides on the aids of State to the marine transports with the objective to encourage the navigation companies to operate their activities from and for Europe. Seven years from the last review are passed and are the moment to see if these lines guide are still valid to light of the developments of the market".
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The EU commission has started a public consultation in order to collect the opinions of the parts interested on the performance of the guidelines in matter of aids of State to the marine transports defined by the EU in 2004. The observations and the contributions, that they could be introduced until next 14 May, will be used by the Commission in order to decide if see again the lines it guides on such type of aids of State and if, if, to carry out ulterior consultations before to adopt eventual new rules.
- Via Raffaele Paolucci 17r/19r - 16129 Genoa - ITALY
