2000/797/ECSC: Commission Decision of 28 June 2000 on State aid granted by the Federal Republic of Germany to Salzgitter AG, Preussag Stahl AG and the group's steel-industry subsidiaries, now known as Salzgitter AG - Stahl und Technologie (SAG) (notified under document number C(2000) 1963) (Text with EEA relevance) (Only the German text is authentic)
Data as of 2026-07-04 Β· Compiled from an official source version. Later amendments or repeals may not be reflected; the official text prevails. Β· Read the official text β
The State aid which Germany granted to Salzgitter AG, Preussag Stahl AG (PSAG) and the group's ECSC subsidiaries, several of which are now combined under the name SAG - Stahl und Technologie, in the form of special depreciation allowances and tax-free reserves in respect of eligible bases of DEM 484 million and DEM 367 million respectively pursuant to Section 3 of the ZonenRFG is incompatible with the common market.
1. Germany shall take all necessary measures to recover from the recipient the aid unlawfully made available referred to in Article 1. 2. Recovery shall be effected in accordance with the procedures and provisions of German law. The sums to be recovered shall bear interest from the date on which they were made available to the recipients until their actual recovery. Interest shall be calculated on the basis of the reference rate used for calculating the grant equivalent of regional aid.
Germany shall inform the Commission, within two months of notification of this Decision, of the measures taken to comply with it. In particular, the actual arrangements for calculating the amounts of aid concerned and the specific conditions for their recovery are to be given.
This Decision is addressed to the Federal Republic of Germany. Done at Brussels, 28 June 2000. For the Commission Mario Monti Member of the Commission (1) OJ L 338, 28.12.1996, p. 42. (2) OJ C 113, 24.4.1999. (3) See footnote 2. (4) Decision No 257/80/ECSC of 1 February 1980 (OJ L 29, 6.2.1980, p. 5). (5) Decision No 3484/85/ECSC of 27 November 1985 (OJ L 340, 18.12.1985, p. 1). (6) OJ C 384, 10.12.1998. (7) Case T-106/96 [1999] ECR II-2155. (8) OJ L 83, 27.3.1999, p. 1. (9) OJ L 274, 26.10.1996, p. 30. (10) OJ L 292, 13.11.1999, p. 27. (11) OJ C 74, 10.3.1998, p. 9. (12) Case 30/59 De Gezamenlijke Steenkolenmijnen in Limburg v High Authority [1961] ECR 1-19. (13) Decisions Nos: 322/89/ECSC of 1 February 1989, 3855/91/ECSC of 27 November 1991 and 2496/96/ECSC of 18 December 1996, (OJ L 38, 10.2.1989), L 362, 31.12.1991 and L 338, 28.12.1996. (14) Case T-158/96 [1999] ECR II-3927. (15) Joined Cases T-126/96 and C-127/96 [1998] ECR II-3437, paragraph 67. (16) For example Case 94/87 Commission v Germany [1989] 175. (17) OJ L 292, 13.11.1999, p. 27. (18) OJ C 74, 10.3.1998. (19) OJ C 273, 9.9.1997. (20) OJ C 241 26.8.1999. (21) Case 102/87 [1988] ECR 4067. (22) Ref. IC7-70 08 00/5. (23) Case T-150/95 [1997] ECR II-1433. (24) There were exceptions, in particular for Greece and the new LΓ€nder in Germany, subject to certain conditions (e.g. that production capacity should be reduced). (25) Case T-106/96 [1999] ECR II-2155. (26) Sidenor (Spain), SΓ€chsische Edelstahlwerke GmbH (Germany), CorporaciΓ³n de la Siderurgia Integral (CSI, Spain), Ilva (Italy), EKO Stahl AG (Germany) and Siderurgia Nacional (Portugal). (27) Case 214/83 Germany v Commission [1985] ECR 3053, paragraphs 45 to 47. (28) A project relating to 1991, "Construction of an elecrolytic strip galvanising plant at the Salzgitter works", was not listed in the letter of 28 March 2000, although it had been mentioned in the letter of 14 October 1999. According to Germany's figures, the environmental protection investment amounts to DEM 5 million. (29) Case 214/83 [1985] ECR 3053, paragraph 30. (30) Case T-459/93 Siemens v Commission [1995] ECR II-1675. (31) See Siemens v Commission loc. cit., paragraph 97 et seq.
Source: EUR-Lex (Publications Office of the EU), Β© European Union, reuse permitted under Commission Decision 2011/833/EU.