Legal topics
State aid procedures and requests for information on transport contracts
A formal investigation procedure by the EU Commission against the Federal Goverment is still pending concerning the alleged granting of unlawful state aid following conclusion of a transport contract between DB Regional and the Federal states of Brandenburg and Berlin. This also applies to preliminary assessment procedures for the Berlin S-Bahn (metro) transport contract, the transport contract with the Rhine-Ruhr Transport Association (Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Ruhr; VRR) and the Baden-Württemberg transport contract.