Concept of State aid : The General Court of the European Union partially annuls the Commission’s decision declaring compatible with the internal market measures in favour of a public service broadcaster for having qualified advertising revenues as State aid (TV2 Danmark / Commission)

*This article is an automatic translation of the original article, provided here for your convenience. Read the original article. Reminder of facts and procedure Following a complaint by a private broadcaster, the Commission opened an investigation into the financing of TV2 and declared some of the aid compatible with the internal market, with the exception of an amount qualified as overcompensation (decision of 19 May 2004 - "TV2 decision"). The measures concerned measures taken from 1995 to 2002, including resources from a licence fee paid by Danish viewers: exemption from corporation tax (the subject matter of the present case); exemption from interest payments and capital repayments on loans granted to TV2 when it was set up; state guarantee for operating loans; favourable conditions