Commission authorises Czech State aid to bus operators in Southern Moravia

The European Commission recognised today that compensations granted to Southern-Moravian bus operators in the Czech Republic are State aid measures. The measures have been found compatible with the common market.

Between 2003 and 2005, the Czech authorities were granting, on the basis of contracts, compensations to bus carriers in Southern Moravia for providing public transport services.

The Commission has assessed that the contracts were not concluded with operators selected in open public tender. Therefore, it cannot be excluded that remunerations for transport operators foreseen in the contracts entail State aid in the meaning of Art. 87(1) of the Treaty.

However, since the payments only covered losses, the Commission

Source: Transportweekly