Altmark case law: The CFI renders a leading case with regard to the Altmark case law (BUPA)

*This article is an automatic translation of the original article, provided here for your convenience. Read the original article. – CFI, 12 February 2008, BUPA and Others v Commission, Case T-289/03. In that judgment delivered in Extended Composition in a case brought before it in 2003, which therefore took almost five years to adjudicate on, the Court of First Instance delivered an important judgment with a pronounced doctrinal tone, commensurate with the applicants' very detailed and enterprising arguments. 1. A fundamental decision for the concept of service of general economic interest in the context of the liberalisation of public services The decision in Case T-289/03 will be noticed first of all by the clarifications and, even more so, by the clarifications it brings to the