Gewährleistung des öffentlichen Personennahverkehrs durch allgemeine Vorschriften

Mobility and flexibility are critical for today's society, particularly in the field of local passenger transport. To meet society's need for public passenger transport services, public support is often required. This state support, however, must fulfil the requirements of state aid law. As a new legal instrument, the general rules derived from Regulation (EC) 1370/2007 offer ways of ensuring more efficient public transport services in compliance with state aid law. This work deals with open questions regarding general rules and examines the implications of state support in public local passenger transport services from a state aid perspective. The author offers a practical approach to the implementation of general rules with more legal certainty. Therefore, this work not only contributes to the academic discussion of the topic but also serves as a guide for competent authorities in the public passenger transport sector, providers of these services and their legal advisors.