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Germany: Public measure for broadband internet access in North Hessen

Announcement

16 Sep 2014

On 21 April 2015, the European Commission decided not to raise objections against a measure by five district governments in North Hessen to fund the construction of broadband internet networks with 170.7 million EUR for the years 2015-2019. The aid had been notified by the German government in September 2014.

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Number of interventions

2

2 certainly harmful

0 likely harmful

0 liberalising

List of interventions

Implementation date

18 Sep 2015

Revocation date:

31 Dec 2019

Updated: 16 Sep 2014
Loan guarantee

Furthermore, the measure also includes a loan guarantee. Even though the exact amounts are not disclosed in the EU Commission report, the local governments agreed to cover losses of the public comp...

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Updated: 16 Sep 2014
Financial grant

According to Germany, the "Purpose of the measure is to provide ubiquitous, full coverage NGA networks [...] for all municipalities and of the five administrative districts in the...

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