1999/686/EC: Commission Decision of 25 February 1998 concerning aid which Germany intends to grant under the 26th framework plan of the joint scheme for improving regional economic structures with a view to promoting teleworking (26. Rahmenplan der Gemeinschaftsaufgabe 'Verbesserung der regionalen Wirtschaftsstruktur') (notified under document number C(1998) 585) (Text with EEA relevance) (Only the German text is authentic)

• Articles: 4

Article 1

In so far as it permits aid intensities for investments in teleworking jobs in excess of the maximum intensity in the region where a teleworking job is to be located, the 26th framework plan of the joint scheme (Gemeinschaftsaufgabe) for improving regional economic structures is not compatible with the common market.

Article 2

The arrangement referred to in Article 1 shall not be implemented. Germany shall recover any aid that may have been granted while the arrangement described in Article 1 was being provisionally applied. Repayment shall be made in accordance with the procedures and provisions of German law, together with interest, based on the interest rate used as reference rate in the assessment of regional aid schemes, running from the date on which the aid was granted (and including that date).

Article 3

Germany shall inform the Commission within two months of being notified of this Decision of the measures taken to comply herewith.

Article 4

This Decision is addressed to the Federal Republic of Germany.

Done at Brussels, 25 February 1998.

For the Commission

Karel VAN MIERT

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ C 341, 11.11.1997, p. 4.

(2) Study on the White Paper in: Social Europe, 3/95.