In its decision of 2 May 2013, the Commission considered that the yearly compensation in favour of bpost for the delivery of certain public services constitutes State aid within the meaning of Article 107(1) TFEU and therefore assessed its compatibility with the requirements laid down in the revised framework for State aid in the form of public service compensation. Since this decision entails one of the most in-depth Commission decisions based upon this framework so far, it provides very useful insights on how these stricter compatibility conditions will be applied in practice. In particular, it demonstrates that the Commission adopts a rather lenient approach to allow Member States to bring their national aid measures in line with the new EU State aid rules on SGEIs adopted in 2011.