Article 1
The State aid totalling BEF 553,3 million (EUR 13,7 million) granted by Belgium to the steel company Cockerill Sambre SA constitutes State aid under Article 1 of the steel aid code and is incompatible with the common market.
Commission Decision of 15 November 2000 concerning State aid granted by Belgium to Cockerill Sambre SA (Text with EEA relevance) (notified under document number C(2000) 3563)
Commission Decision of 15 November 2000 concerning State aid granted by Belgium to Cockerill Sambre SA (Text with EEA relevance) (notified under document number C(2000) 3563)
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Article 2
1. Belgium shall take all the necessary steps to recover from Cockerill Sambre SA the aid referred to in Article 1 which has already been unlawfully paid, and to suspend payment of the balance. 2. Recovery shall be effected without delay in accordance with the procedures of national law, provided that they allow the immediate and effective execution of this Decision. The aid to be recovered shall bear interest from the date on which it was paid to the recipient until the date of its recovery. The interest shall be based on the reference rate used to calculate the grant equivalent of regional aid, in force at the time the aid was granted.
Article 3
Belgium shall inform the Commission within two months of the date of notification of this Decision of the measures it has taken to comply herewith.
Article 4
This Decision is addressed to the Kingdom of Belgium. Done at Brussels, 15 November 2000. For the Commission Mario Monti Member of the Commission (1) OJ L 338, 28.12.1996, p. 42. (2) OJ C 88, 25.3.2000, p. 8. (3) See footnote 2. (4) The Decree was approved by the Commission, as aid compatible with the EC Treaty, by letter of 30 June 1994 (ref. D/9395). (5) OJ C 20, 22.1.1998, p. 3. (6) OJ C 334, 12.12.1995, p. 4.
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