2002/285/ECSC: Commission Decision of 20 December 2001 on the State aid which Belgium is planning to implement for Sidmar NV (Text with EEA relevance) (notified under document number C(2001) 4471)

• Articles: 4

Article 1

The aid which Belgium is planning to implement for the steel company Sidmar, to the amount of EUR 263454, is compatible with the common market. This amount corresponds to the notified aid for part of the "centralised reduction of scrap" investment project (EUR 77938) and to the notified aid for the "sludge processing at steel plants" investment project (EUR 185516).

Article 2

The aid which Belgium is planning to grant to the steel company Sidmar, to the amount of EUR 353397, is incompatible with the common market. This amount corresponds to the notified aid for part of the "centralised reduction of scrap" investment project (EUR 219534) and to the notified aid for the "sludge processing at furnaces" investment project (EUR 133863).

Accordingly, that part of the aid scheme 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, 20 December 2001.

For the Commission

Mario Monti

Member of the Commission

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

(2) OJ C 234, 18.8.2001, p. 2.

(3) See footnote 2.

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