EU ROUND UP – EU RELEASES BROADBAND SUBSIDY RULES
December 1st, 2012
THE EUROPEAN Commission has released new guidelines on Internet public subsidies, allowing European Union (EU) governments to subsidise the development of new broadband services, while preserving competition in the sector.This advice says how the Commission will interpret EU state aid laws for encouraging the roll-out of these comms technologies: if Brussels concludes EU rules have been breached, it can order the repayment of such illegal public subsidies.But in its new guidance, the Commission allow public funding of ultra-fast broadband networks, ...
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