Public funding of broadband network: The European Commission consults Member States on the Broadband Guidelines on the application of EU State aid rules to public funding of broadband network

*This article is an automatic translation of the original article, provided here for your convenience. Read the original article. – EC. Comm, 19 May 2009, Consultation on the Commission's Broadband Guidelines on the application of EU state aid rules to public funding of broadband network The Commission opened a consultation on draft Guidelines on the application of state aid rules to the rapid deployment of broadband communication networks on 19 May 2009. The draft Guidelines are based on the Commission's substantive decision-making practice. It usefully recalls cases where, either because of the market economy investor principle or because of the respect of the Altmark criteria, a measure relating to