Tag: Sernam

Associations representing privately-held transport and logistic operators said they called on the European Commission this morning to stamp out unfair subsidies to their publicly-owned counterparts and to put an end to the misuse of those subsidies. In particular, the associations are concerned about state subsidies to Deutsche Post AG’s unit DHL, Belgium’s SNCB’s ABX Logistics, La Poste’s GeoPost and SNCF’s road haulage unit Sernam. Two associations – Germany’s Wettbewerbsverein and France’s HALTE – said they asked the commission to beef up regulations and implementation and to take a proactive role towards state aid, putting an end to ‘unjustifiable competitive advantages’ enjoyed by the public companies. The commission is already examining two cases in this area.