Germany
[DE] Financial Transparency Directive Transposed
IRIS 2001-9:1/32
Alexander Scheuer
Institute of European Media Law (EMR), Saarbrücken/Brussels
Through an Act of 16 August 2001, the Federation transposed into German law Commission Directive 2000/52/EC amending Directive 80/723/EEC on the transparency of financial relations between Member States and public undertakings.
The Act's provisions are applicable to undertakings that are granted special or exclusive rights, as described in Article 86 of the EC Treaty, or entrusted with the operation of services of general economic interest and, for that purpose, granted State aid that was not fixed following an open, transparent and non-discriminatory procedure (Article 1.1).
If the undertakings concerned also carry out other economic activities, they are obliged to keep separate accounts for their public service tasks and their other commercial activities.
References
- Gesetz vom 16. August 2001 zur Umsetzung der Richtlinie 2000/52/EG der Kommission vom 26. Juli 2000 zur Änderung der Richtlinie 80/723/EWG über die Transparenz der finanziellen Beziehungen zwischen den Mitgliedstaaten und den öffentlichen Unternehmen (Transparenzrichtlinie-Gesetz)
- Act of 16 August 2001 transposing Commission Directive 2000/52/EC amending Directive 80/723/EEC on the transparency of financial relations between Member States and public undertakings (Transparency Directive Act)
This article has been published in IRIS Legal Observations of the European Audiovisual Observatory.