2004/272/EC: Commission Decision of 1 October 2003 on the State aid which Germany intends to grant to Frenzel Kyffhäuser Tiefkühlkost GmbH (notified under document number C(2003) 3383)

• Articles: 3

Article 1

The aid, in the form of two low-interest loans with a combined value of EUR 1917345 and a guarantee for a loan of EUR 1861103, which Germany intends to grant to Frenzel Kyffhäuser Tiefkühlkost GmbH, is compatible with the common market in accordance with Article 87(3)(c) of the EC Treaty.

Article 2

This Decision is addressed to the Federal Republic of Germany.

Done at Brussels, 1 October 2003.

For the Commission

Franz Fischler

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ C 320, 15.11.2001, p. 12.

(2) See footnote 1.

(3) State aid N 117/1996.

(4) Case C-47/91 (Italgrani/Commission) of 5 October 1994, ECR [1994] p. I-4635.

(5) OJ C 71, 11.3.2000, p. 14.

(6) OJ C 283, 19.9.1997. As the aid was notified before 30 April 2000, see OJ C 288 of 9.10.1999, as amended by OJ C 121 of 29.4.2000.

(7) OJ C 232, 12.8.2000, p. 17.

(8) OJ C 288, 9.10.1999, p. 2.

(9) OJ C 29, 2.2.1996, p. 4.

(10) OJ L 79, 23.3.1994, p. 29.

(11) See footnote 7.

(12) OJ 30, 20.4.1962, p. 993/62.

(13) See Article 43 of Council Regulation (EC) No 2200/96 of 28 October 1996 on the common organisation of the market in fruit and vegetables, OJ L 297, 21.11.1996, p. 1.

(14) OJ C 74, 10.3.1998, p. 9.

(15) See footnote 4.

(16) OJ L 83, 27.3.1999, p. 1.

(17) According to the case law of the European Court of Justice, when the competitive position of a firm is improved through State aid, competition with rival firms not receiving such aid will generally be distorted (Case 730/79, Philip Morris Holland, [1980] ECR 2671, POINTS 11 and 12).

(18) German intra-Community trade in agricultural products in 2002 was EUR 28459 million (imports) and EUR 20573 million (exports). No figures are available for Thuringia. (Source: DG AGRI).

(19) OJ C 71, 11.3.2000, p. 14.

(20) See point 5.2 of the Commission notice on the application of Articles 87 and 88 of the EC Treaty to state aid in the form of guarantees.

(21) See footnote 7.

(22) See footnote 9.

(23) See footnote 10.

(24) See footnote 14.

(25) OJ L 160, 26.6.1999, p. 80.

(26) OJ C 74, 10.3.1998, p. 9.

(27) OJ L 83, 27.3.1999, p. 1.

Schedules & Appendices

ANNEX

Loan I - Standard variant

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Loan I - Maximum variant

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Loan II - Standard variant

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Loan II - Maximum variant

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