Article 3
Investment aid granted to Gröditzer totalling DEM 44,9 million constitutes state aid compatible with Article 87(a) of the EC Treaty; this aid breaks down as follows: (a) DEM 8,4 million under the joint Federal Government/Länder scheme for the improvement of regional economic structures (Gemeinschaftsaufgabe Verbesserung der regionalen Wirtschaftsstruktur) in 1994 (b) DEM 3,6 million in investment aid in the form of tax concessions under the Investment Allowances Act (Investitionszulagengesetz) in the years 1992 to 1995 (c) DEM 32,9 million in bank loans carrying a 100 % guarantee from the Treuhandanstalt and the Bundesanstalt für Vereinigungsbedingte Sonderaufgaben (BvS), shareholder loans granted by Gröditzer's successive public shareholders in the years 1992 to 1996, and regional aid paid under the joint Federal Government/Länder scheme for the improvement of regional economic structures in the years 1997 to 1999.