First application of EC Reg. 1370/2007: The European Commission issues the first application of EC Reg. 1370/2007 on public passenger transport services by rail and by road (Danske Statsbaner)

*This article is an automatic translation of the original article, provided here for your convenience. Read the original article. – Eur. Comm., dec. C(2010) 975 final, 24 February 2010, Public service contracts between the Danish Government and Dankse Statbaner, case C 41/2008 (ex. NN 35/2008) The Commission had opened a formal investigation procedure on complaints from two passenger transport companies about alleged aid granted to the Danish public company DSB (decision of 10 September 2010, OJ C-309 of 4 December 2008). DSB is the incumbent railway undertaking in Denmark. It is fully owned by the Danish State. It operates passenger rail transport and related services (the freight transport business was divested in 2001 to Deustche Bahn). In 1999, DSB was transformed into an