Commission Decision (EU) 2016/1385 of 1 October 2014 on State aid SA.27408 (C 24/... (32016D1385)
Commission Decision (EU) 2016/1385 of 1 October 2014 on State aid SA.27408 (C 24/10 (ex NN 37/10, ex CP 19/09)) implemented by the authorities of Castilla-La Mancha for the deployment of digital terrestrial television in remote and less urbanised areas (notified under document C(2014) 6846) (Text with EEA relevance)
- COMMISSION DECISION (EU) 2016/1385
- of 1 October 2014
- on State aid SA.27408 (C 24/10 (ex NN 37/10, ex CP 19/09)) implemented by the authorities of Castilla-La Mancha for the deployment of digital terrestrial television in remote and less urbanised areas
- (notified under document C(2014) 6846)
- (Only the Spanish text is authentic)
- (Text with EEA relevance)
- 1.
- PROCEDURE
- 2.
- DESCRIPTION OF THE MEASURE
- 2.1. BACKGROUND
- 2.1.1.
- The complainants
- 2.1.2.
- The sector
- 2.1.3.
- The context
- 2.2. DESCRIPTION OF THE AID
- 2.2.1.
- The general measure
- 2.2.2.
- Implementation of the aid measure in Castilla-La Mancha
- 2.3. GROUNDS FOR INITIATING THE PROCEDURE
- 3.
- COMMENTS FROM SPAIN
- 3.1. GENERAL REMARKS
- 3.2. ABSENCE OF AID
- 3.2.1.
- No advantage
- 3.2.2.
- No distortion of competition and trade
- 3.2.3.
- Legal Standing of the Complainant Radiodifusión and its non-compliance with Network Operators' Obligations in Castilla-La Mancha
- 3.2.4.
- Operation and Maintenance (O&M)
- 3.2.5.
- Exemption under the ‘General Infrastructure’ argument
- 3.2.6.
- Exemption under the MEIP principle
- 3.2.7.
- Exemption under Article 107(3)(a) TFEU argument
- 3.2.8.
- Abertis as network operator
- 4.
- COMMENTS FROM INTERESTED PARTIES
- 4.1. COMMENTS FROM RADIODIFUSIÓN DIGITAL SL
- 4.2. COMMENTS FROM ASTRA
- 4.3. COMMENTS FROM ABERTIS
- 4.3.1.
- Presence of State aid
- 4.4. COMMENTS FROM BROADCASTERS
- 5.
- LEGAL ASSESSMENT
- 5.1. LEGAL BASIS OF THE AID
- 5.2. STATE AID ASSESSMENT PURSUANT TO ARTICLE 107(1) TFEU
- 5.2.1.
- Presence of aid within the meaning of Article 107(1) TFEU
- 5.2.1.1.
- State resources and State imputability
- 5.2.1.2.
- Economic advantage to entities carrying out an economic activity
- 5.2.1.3.
- Selectivity
- 5.2.1.4.
- Distortion of competition
- 5.2.1.5.
- Effect on trade
- 5.2.2.
- Conclusions on the presence of aid
- 5.3. COMPATIBILITY ASSESSMENT
- 5.3.1.
- Legal bases for assessing the compatibility of the envisaged measure
- 5.3.2.
- Article 107(3)(c) TFEU
- 5.3.2.1.
- Objective of common interest
- 5.3.2.2.
- Well-designed aid
- 5.3.2.3.
- Avoiding unnecessary distortions
- 5.3.3.
- Article 106(2) TFEU
- 5.3.4.
- Existing aid
- 5.4. CONCLUSION
- 6.
- RECOVERY
- 6.1. NEED TO ELIMINATE AID
- 6.2. STATE AID RECIPIENTS AND QUANTIFICATION OF THE AID
- 7.
- CONCLUSION
- Article 1
- Article 2
- Article 3
- Article 4
- Article 5
- ANNEX
- Information about the amounts of aid received, to be recovered and already recovered
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