The State aid totalling ITL 3,6 billion (EUR 1,9 million) that Italy plans to grant to the steel companies Acciaierie e Ferriere Leali SpA, Acciaierie e Ferriere Beltrame Vicenza SpA, Acciaierie e Ferriere Beltrame S. Giorgio Nogaro SpA, Lucchini Mura SpA and Lucchini Lovere SpA in respect of investments they made between 1989 and 1994 for energy savings is incompatible with the common market.
The aid may accordingly not be implemented.
Italy shall inform the Commission, within two months of notification of this Decision, of the measures taken to comply herewith.
This Decision is addressed to the Republic of Italy.
Done at Brussels, 29 November 2000.
For the Commission
Mario Monti
Member of the Commission
(1) OJ L 338, 28.12.1996, p. 42.
(2) OJ C 148, 27.5.2000, p. 10.
(3) See footnote 2.
(4) OJ C 72, 10.3.1994, p. 3.
(5) Community guidelines on State aid for environmental protection, point 3.2.3.A, first paragraph.
(6) OJ L 340, 18.12.1985, p. 1; OJ L 38, 10.2.1989, p. 8; OJ L 362, 31.12.1991, p. 57.