Thanks for the link. Like a lot of EU law, that text is so vague as to be meaningless. Perhaps this counts: 3. The following may be considered to be compatibl

Thanks for the link. Like a lot of EU law, that text is so vague as to be meaningless. Perhaps this counts: 3. The following may be considered to be compatible with the internal market: aid to promote the economic development of areas where the standard of living is abnormally low or where there is serious underemployment ... aid to facilitate the development of certain economic activities or of certain economic areas, where such aid does not adversely affect trading conditions to an extent contrary to the common interest; Or perhaps it doesn't, given that this is stated as "may be incompatible" not "shall be incompatible". Though I did get a laugh out of the explicit exception for Germany that can only be removed if the Commission allows. Like I said - as written this text could be seen as forbidding even very basic things like VAT, as it doesn't apply to all types of goods or applies at different rates and thus "favours certain undertakings".