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Lexxion Training Hybrid |
26.06.2025 - 27.06.2025 |
Bilbao |
Sprache: Englisch

State Aid Compliance for Services of General Economic Interest (SGEI)

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Gain clarity on the challenging balance between ensuring public service provision and avoiding overcompensation and market distortion, considering the diverse interpretations of SGEI across Member States. Don’t miss this opportunity to unravel the connection between State Aid and SGEI.

Participants receive a certificate upon participation.

+++ For further information, e.g. about the prices, please click on Details +++

+++ Register before 01 May 2025 to avail of our 10% early bird discount! +++

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Prices

Participation fees for participation in Bilbao:
Reduced fee for public authorities and full-time academics: € 1.460,- (excl. VAT)
Regular fee: € 1.760,- (excl. VAT)

Participation fees for online participation:
Reduced fee for public authorities and full-time academics: € 1.090,- (excl. VAT)
Regular fee: € 1.390,- (excl. VAT)

Discount for European State Aid Law Quarterly (EStAL) subscribers: € 150,-

+++ Register before 01 May 2025 to avail of our 10% early bird discount! +++

VAT will be added if applicable.

Group Discounts

Group registration of three or more participants will automatically receive a 10% discount.

We offer a 15% discount for groups of four and a 20% discount for groups of five participants. To take advantage of these discounts, please contact Camilla Coltorti at [email protected] or call us at +49 (030)81 45 06 17. We will be happy to assist you with your group registration.


Course Material – No need to miss anything!

If you are unable to attend the course you may want to order all the presentations shown during the event. The price is € 249,- (excl. of VAT). If interested, please contact Camilla Coltorti.

Who should participate?

  • State Aid Monitoring Offices in the Member States
  • National Ministries and Agencies involved in the regulation and provision of public services, such as: Ministries for:
    • Social Affairs
    • Health
    • Transport
    • Infrastructure
    • Telecommunication
    • Economy and Energy
  • Regional and Communal Governments and City Councils concerned with the provision of social services, health care, public transportation, energy and water supply, waste management and of other public services
  • Companies providing public services both on national and local level
  • Lawyers and consultants specialised in public affairs

Methodology

A Lexxion Training provides you with a comprehensive overview of the current State aid control system in various sectors. Presentations, practical exercises, and group work enable you to apply guidelines in the field.

The training is conducted by renowned experts from EU and Member States’ institutions, academia, diplomacy, and leading law firms and consultancies.

To ensure that you get the best possible understanding of the topics at hand, our Lexxion Training sessions combine theoretical presentations, analyses of case studies and highly interactive discussions on practical issues. You will have ample opportunities to present your issues and exchange information and experiences with speakers and participants from other Member States.

Training materials will be available for download after the event.

Programm

Tag 1: Donnerstag, 26. Juni

Tagungsleiter
Phedon Nicolaides Professor at Maastricht University; Professor at University of Nicosia, and Academic Director at Lexxion Training
09:00

Registration and Welcome Coffee

09:15

Welcome Words & Introduction Round

09:30

Treaty provisions on SGEI

  • What is SGEI and how it may differ from a service of general interest
  • Treaty provisions on services
  • Treaty provisions on SGEI
Phedon Nicolaides Professor at Maastricht University; Professor at University of Nicosia, and Academic Director at Lexxion Training
11:00

Coffee Break

11:30

Recent Developments on SGEI in the EU Case Law

  • The discretion of Member State to define SGEI
  • Manifest error and correct definition of SGEI
  • The extent of the scope of the SGEI
  • The need for account separation
Phedon Nicolaides Professor at Maastricht University; Professor at University of Nicosia, and Academic Director at Lexxion Training
12:30

Lunch Break

13:30

The 2012 Commission Communication & Altmark Conditions

  • Guidance on whether public support constitutes state aid
  • Elements of the notion of aid: undertaking, state resources, advantage, selectivity, effect on trade and distortion of competition
  • The four Altmark conditions: Entrustment act, parameters of compensation, no overcompensation, efficiency
DG Comp (tbc)
14:30

Coffee Break

15:00

The SGEI de minimis Regulation

  • Basic principles and formalities
  • De minimis and other rules
DG Comp (tbc)
15:30

The SGEI Framework

  • Rules for compensation and efficiency incentives
  • In-depth assessment
DG Comp (tbc)
16:30

Concluding Remarks & End of Day 1

Tag 2: Freitag, 27. Juni

Tagungsleiter
Phedon Nicolaides Professor at Maastricht University; Professor at University of Nicosia, and Academic Director at Lexxion Training
09:00

Case Study on Social Housing: Correct Definition of Public Service

  • Obligations and Avoidance of Overcompensation
Caroline Buts
Professor and vice-dean, Faculty of Social Sciences and Solvay Business School, Vrije Universiteit Brussel; Academic Director EStALI Conference; Managing Editor European State Aid Law Quarterly (EStAL)

10:30

Coffee Break

11:00

Case Studies on the Calculation of the Public Service Compensation

  • SGEI definition in relation to what the market does not supply
  • Identifying eligible costs
  • Different methodologies: full cost allocation vs net avoided cost
  • Identification of a credible counterfactual
  • Numerical example of compensation, incl. reasonable profit
Phedon Nicolaides Professor at Maastricht University; Professor at University of Nicosia, and Academic Director at Lexxion Training
12:30

Lunch Break

13:30

Notification of SGEI Aid: Challenges and Pitfalls

Péter Staviczky Hungarian Permanent Representation, Brussels
14:15

Short Coffee Break

14:30

Case Study on SGEI in the Postal Sector: Examples from EU Member States

Péter Staviczky Hungarian Permanent Representation, Brussels
15:30

Concluding Remarks & End of the Hybrid Training

Referenten

Phedon Nicolaides
Professor at Maastricht University; Professor at University of Nicosia, and Academic Director at Lexxion Training

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Caroline Buts
Professor and vice-dean, Faculty of Social Sciences and Solvay Business School, Vrije Universiteit Brussel; Academic Director EStALI Conference; Managing Editor European State Aid Law Quarterly (EStAL)

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Péter Staviczky
Hungarian Permanent Representation, Brussels

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Tagungsort

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Lexxion Training Hybrid | 26.06.2025 - 27.06.2025 | Bilbao | Sprache: Englisch

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Seating limit
The number of participants in Málaga is limited.

Please contact [email protected] if you have technical problems with the booking. 

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Teilnehmerdaten | Participant Information

Ticket Type Price Spaces
Early Bird / Frühbucherrabatt | State Aid Compliance for Services of General Economic Interest (SGEI) | Bilbao
Reduced fee for public authorities / Reduzierter Preis für Angehörige einer Hochschule/Behörde
€1.314,00
Early Bird / Frühbucherrabatt | State Aid Compliance for Services of General Economic Interest (SGEI) | Bilbao
Regular fee / Regulärer Preis
€1.584,00
State Aid Compliance for Services of General Economic Interest (SGEI) | Bilbao
Reduced fee for public authorities / Reduzierter Preis für Angehörige einer Hochschule/Behörde
€1.460,00 N/A
State Aid Compliance for Services of General Economic Interest (SGEI) | Bilbao
Regular fee / Regulärer Preis
€1.760,00 N/A
Early Bird / Frühbucherrabatt | State Aid Compliance for Services of General Economic Interest (SGEI) | Online
Reduced fee for public authorities / Reduzierter Preis für Angehörige einer Hochschule/Behörde
€981,00
Early Bird / Frühbucherrabatt | State Aid Compliance for Services of General Economic Interest (SGEI) | Online
Regular fee / Regulärer Preis
€1.251,00
State Aid Compliance for Services of General Economic Interest (SGEI) | Online
Reduced fee for public authorities / Reduzierter Preis für Angehörige einer Hochschule/Behörde
€1.090,00 N/A
State Aid Compliance for Services of General Economic Interest (SGEI) | Online
Regular fee / Regulärer Preis
€1.390,00 N/A

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