85/12/EEC: Commission Decision of 23 July 1984 on the North Rhine-Westphalia regional economic development programme (Only the German text is authentic)

• Articles: 6

Article 1

The aid which the Land North Rhine-Westphalia proposes to grant, under the guidelines for the award of investment aid for the improvement of regional economic structures of the Land North Rhine-Westphalia (regional economic development programme), as amended by the circular from the Minister for Economic Affairs, Small Business and Transport of 10 June 1982, towards investment undertaken by firms falling within sections 4.11 to 4.13 of the guidelines in the labour market regions Borken-Bocholt and Siegen is incompatible with the common market within the meaning of Article 92 of the EEC Treaty. Such aid may not be granted after 30 June 1985.

Article 2

The aid which the Land North Rhine-Westphalia proposes to grant under its regional economic development programme towards investment undertaken by firms falling within sections 4.11 to 4.13 of the guidelines in the labour market regions Aachen, Hagen, Gelsenkirchen, and the Lengerich area of the labour market region Osnabrueck and during a transitional period in the labour market region Gummersbach is considered to be compatible with the common market within the meaning of Article 92 (3) of the EEC Treaty.

Article 3

The Federal Republic of Germany shall supply the Commission before the end of June each year with a report stating the amount of regional aid granted, the amount of aided investment and the number of awards, broken down by labour market region and by industry according to the two-digit subdivisions of the General Classification of Economic Activities within the European Communities. For the labour market regions Hagen and Osnabrueck the report shall also state the net number of jobs lost in the steel industry and the number of jobs created in other industries during the past year and the latest forecasts of further job losses in the steel industry in each region.

In addition, the Federal Republic of Germany shall provide the Commission, on request, with any information it may require to examine individual awards.

Article 4

The granting of aid pursuant to this Decision shall be without prejudice to compliance with present or future rules on aid to particular industries.

Article 5

The Federal Republic of Germany shall inform the Commission, within two months of the date of notification of this Decision, of the measures it has taken to comply therewith.

Article 6

This Decision is addressed to the Federal Republic of Germany.

Done at Brussels, 23 July 1984.

For the Commission

Étienne DAVIGNON

Vice-President

(1) OJ No C 111, 4. 11. 1971, p. 1.