2000/360/ECSC: Commission Decision of 15 February 2000 on the State aid which Belgium is planning to grant to NV Sidmar (notified under document number C(2000) 517) (Text with EEA relevance) (Only the Dutch and French texts are authentic)

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Article 1

The State aid which Belgium plans to grant to NV Sidmar for the financing of the environmental projects relating to "dust collection at unloading crane", "treatment of filtrate from blast furnaces", "adjustments to blast furnace No 4", "optimisation of industrial sewers", "improved dust collection at blast-furnaces loading sites" amounting to BEF 24516600 is compatible with the common market.

Article 2

The State aid which Belgium plans to grant to NV Sidmar for the environmental project relating to the "construction of circular cooler for sintering plant No 2" amounting to BEF 78438600 is incompatible with the common market.

Accordingly, the aid for this investment project may not be implemented.

Article 3

Belgium shall inform the Commission, within two months of notification of this Decision, of the measures taken to comply with it.

Article 4

This Decision is addressed to the Kingdom of Belgium.

Done at Brussels, 15 February 2000.

For the Commission

Mario Monti

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 338, 28.12.1996, p. 42.

(2) OJ C 280, 2.10.1999, p. 29.

(3) See footnote 2.

(4) OJ C 72, 10.3.1994, p. 3.