Source: EURLEX
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| 13.6.2013 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | L 161/12 |

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EFTA SURVEILLANCE AUTHORITY DECISION

No 12/12/COL

of 25 January 2012

amending, for the eighty-fourth time, the procedural and substantive rules in the field of state aid by introducing new chapters on the application of state aid rules to compensation granted for the provision of services of general economic interest and on the framework for state aid in the form of public service compensation

THE EFTA SURVEILLANCE AUTHORITY (the Authority),

Whereas:

Under Article 5(2)(b) of the Agreement on the Establishment of a Surveillance Authority and a Court of Justice (the Surveillance and Court Agreement), the Authority shall issue notices or guidelines on matters dealt with in the Agreement on the European Economic Area (the EEA Agreement), if the EEA Agreement or the Surveillance and Court Agreement expressly so provide or if the Authority considers it necessary,

On 20 December 2011, the European Commission adopted a Communication from the Commission on the application of the European Union State aid rules to compensation granted for the provision of services of general economic interest ([OJ C 8, 11.1.2012, p. 4](./../../../legal-content/EN/AUTO/?uri=OJ:C:2012:008:TOC)) and a Communication from the Commission, European Union framework for State aid in the form of public service compensation (2011, [OJ C 8, 11.1.2012, p. 15](./../../../legal-content/EN/AUTO/?uri=OJ:C:2012:008:TOC)),

Both Communications are also of relevance for the European Economic Area,

Uniform application of the EEA state aid rules is to be ensured throughout the European Economic Area in line with the objective of homogeneity established in Article 1 of the EEA Agreement,

According to point II under the heading ‘GENERAL’ on page 11 of Annex XV to the EEA Agreement, the Authority, after consultation with the Commission, is to adopt acts corresponding to those adopted by the European Commission,

The Authority consulted the European Commission and the EFTA States by letters dated 10 January 2012 on the subject,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

The State Aid Guidelines shall be amended by introducing a new chapter on the application of state aid rules to compensation granted for the provision of services of general economic interest.

The new chapter is set out in Annex I to this Decision.

Article 2

The State Aid Guidelines shall be amended by introducing a new chapter on the framework for state aid in the form of public service compensation.

The new chapter is set out in Annex II to this Decision.

Article 3

Only the English language version of this Decision is authentic.

Done at Brussels, 25 January 2012.

For the EFTA Surveillance Authority

Oda Helen SLETNES

President

Sabine MONAUNI-TÖMÖRDY

College Member

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