Commissioner Margrethe Vestager, in charge of competition policy, said: “Polish Regional Railways has already benefitted from state support in the past. We need to assess whether the aid received is compatible with EU State aid rules and make sure that public support does not lead to distortions of competition in this market”.
In September 2015, Poland notified to the Commission restructuring aid granted to Polish Regional Railways (Przewozy Regionalne), worth PLN 770 million (around 181 million).
Under EU State aid rules companies in financial difficulty, such as Polish Regional Railways, can receive restructuring aid only once over a period of 10 years (the so called “one time, last time” principle). This is to avoid that str…
Read the full article at: http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_IP-18-394_en.htm