2008/204/EC: Commission Decision of 10 October 2007 on the State aid implemented ... (32008D0204)
2008/204/EC: Commission Decision of 10 October 2007 on the State aid implemented by France in connection with the reform of the arrangements for financing the retirement pensions of civil servants working for La Poste (notified under document number C(2007) 4545) (Text with EEA relevance)
- COMMISSION DECISION
- of 10 October 2007
- on the State aid implemented by France in connection with the reform of the arrangements for financing the retirement pensions of civil servants working for La Poste
- (notified under document number C(2007) 4545)
- (Only the French version is authentic)
- (Text with EEA relevance)
- (2008/204/EC)
- 1. PROCEDURE
- 2. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE MEASURES
- 2.1. Context: liberalisation of the postal sector
- 2.2. Beneficiary of the measures
- 2.3. Measures in question
- 2.3.1. Description of the arrangements for financing the retirement pensions of civil servants working for La Poste prior to the Law of December 2006
- 2.3.2. The reform and the competitively fair rate
- 3. REASONS FOR INITIATING THE PROCEDURE
- 4. COMMENTS BY INTERESTED PARTIES
- 5. COMMENTS FROM FRANCE
- 6. ASSESSMENT OF THE MEASURES
- 6.1. Classification as State aid
- 6.1.1. State resources
- 6.1.2. Effect on trade
- 6.1.3. Existence of a selective advantage for La Poste
- 6.1.3.1.
- Absence of an exogenous comparator
- 6.1.3.2.
- Situation of La Poste prior to and following the measures under review
- 6.1.3.3.
- Existence of an abnormal charge/initiation of the procedure
- 6.1.4. Distorting the conditions of competition
- 6.1.5. Conclusion
- 6.2. Unlawful nature of the aid
- 6.3. Compatibility of the aid measures with the common market
- 6.4. Additional comment: the ‘EDF’ precedent
- 6.5. No provisioning for retirement liabilities from 2007
- 7. CONCLUSIONS
- Article 1
- Article 2
- Article 3
- Article 4
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