The Authority's Guidelines on the application of the State aid rules to compensation granted for the provision of services of general economic interest indicate that ‘the aim is to ensure that the high costs of an inefficient undertaking are not taken as a benchmark’.
L'Autorité en conclut donc que la compensation annuelle a été susceptible de fausser la concurrence en renforçant la position commerciale des bénéficiaires de l'aide sur les marchés concernés.