Article 4
This Decision is addressed to the Federal Republic of Germany. Done at Brussels, 12 June 2001. For the Commission Mario Monti Member of the Commission (1) OJ C 217, 29.7.2000, p. 10. (2) OJ L 83, 27.3.1999, p. 1. (3) See footnote 1. (4) See Panorama of EU Industry 1997, Volume 1, Chapter 9, and Report of the Standing Committee of the EC Glass Industries (CPIdV) 1998, and Annual Report 1999 of Bundesverband Glasindustrie und Mineralfaserindustrie. (5) OJ C 368, 23.12.1994, p. 12. (6) OJ C 213, 23.7.1996, p. 4. (7) THA scheme E 15/92 SG(92) D/17613 of 8 December 1992. (8) THA scheme N 768/94 SG(95) D/1062 of 1 February 1995. (9) N 562/c/94, SG(94) D/17293 of 1 December 1994. (10) N 157/94, SG(94) D/11038 of 1 August 1994. Measures under this provision qualify as regional investment aid under Article 87(1) of the EC Treaty and have been approved by the Commission on the basis of the exception in Article 87(3)(a) of the EC Treaty. (11) N 494/A/95, SG(95) D/17154 of 27 December 1995. Measures under the Act qualify as regional investment aid under Article 87(1) of the EC Treaty and have been approved by the Commission on the basis of the exception in Article 87(3)(a) of the EC Treaty. (12) Case C-342/96 Spain v Commission [1999] ECR I-2459, paragraph 41. (13) NN 74/95, SG(96) D/1946 of 6 February 1996. (14) Point 7.5 of the 1999 Community guidelines on State aid for rescuing and restructuring firms in difficulty (notice to Member States including proposals for appropriate measures) states that "the Commission will examine the compatibility with the common market of any rescuing and restructuring aid granted without its authorisation ... on the basis of the guidelines in force at the time the aid is granted ..." (OJ C 288, 9.10.1999, p. 2).