Between Scylla and Charybdis. Whatever a Member State Does, It May Expose Itself to Attacks From Both Sides. Lux Express Estonia AS Case C-614/20, Lux Express Estonia AS, Judgment of the Court of Justice (First Chamber) of 8 September 2022, EU:C:2022:641

• Authors: Marek Rzotkiewicz

Abstracts

FR

Les États Membres n’ont pas besoin d’utiliser des ressources d’État pour accomplir leur mission. Ils peuvent utiliser les ressources d’entreprises privées en leur imposant l’obligation de fournir des services d’intérêt général (SIG). Ce dernier choix leur offre de nombreux avantages. Mais ils doivent s’assurer que le régime ainsi créé est conforme aux règles relatives à la législation sur les aides d’État. Certains États Membres veillent à ce que les entreprises privées fournissant des SIG n’obtiennent pas la pleine rémunération de leurs services. Toutefois, l’arrêt de la Cour dans l’affaire Lux Express Estonia pourrait modifier ce mécanisme, d’autant plus que la Cour a déclaré que les États Membres doivent payer une compensation pour les obligations qu’ils imposent aux entreprises privées. De plus, les États Membres doivent s’assurer qu’ils versent le bon montant de compensation. Ni un sou de plus, ni un sou de moins.

EN

Member States do not need to use state resources when they accomplish their mission. They may employ resources of private undertakings by imposing on them obligations to provide services of general interest (SGI). The latter choice provides Member States with many benefits. But Member States need to be sure that the scheme they created complies with the rules on State aid law. Some Member States make sure that private undertakings carrying out SGI do not obtain the full remuneration for their services. However, the Court’s judgment in Lux Express Estonia has the potential to change this mechanism, especially as the Court stated that Member States must pay compensation for obligations they impose on private undertakings. What is more, Member States need to be certain they pay the right amount of compensation. Not a penny more, not a penny less.

Keywords

EN

State aid; services of general interest; public transport; Regulation (EC); No. 1370/2007; obligation to pay compensation

• Publisher: Uniwersytet Warszawski. Wydział Nauk Ekonomicznych
• Journal: Yearbook of Antitrust and Regulatory Studies
• Year: 2023
• Volume: 16
• Issue: 27
• Pages: 165-180

Dates

published

2023

Contributors

author

Marek Rzotkiewicz

• Uniwersytet Kardynała Stefana Wyszyńskiego w Warszawie

• https://orcid.org/0000000184287966

References

• European Commission. (2013), Commission Staff Working Document, Guide to the application of the European Union rules on state aid, public procurement and the internal market to services of general economic interest, and in particular to social services of general interest.
• European Commission. (2011), Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions, A Quality Framework for Services of General Interest in Europe.
• Geulette A. (2020), Preliminary Rulings on Interpretation in Luszcz V. (ed.), European Court Procedure. A Practical Guide, Hart/Bloomsbury.

Identifiers

DOI

10.7172/1689-9024.YARS.2023.16.27.7

Biblioteka Nauki

20679208