Hvis man fører konsulentfirmaets ræsonnement videre, vil enhver statslig handling, som angår en offentlig virksomhed, således udgøre statsstøtte, ligesom staten fra nu af altid formodes at handle som offentlig myndighed og ikke som aktionær i virksomheden«.
If the consultant's reasoning were taken to its logical conclusion, any public intervention by a State in relation to a public undertaking would thus constitute aid and a State would therefore always be presumed to act as a public authority and not in the capacity of a shareholder in the undertaking’.