Article 1
The State aid which Germany has granted to Hirschfelder Leinen und Textil GmbH (Hiltex), amounting to at least DEM 9,978 million, is incompatible with the common market. The aid consists of the following measures: - the amount of measures 1 and 2 (direct investment grants and investment allowances) exceeding the provisions of the schemes under which they were granted and which may have not yet been reimbursed, as well as the interest generated from the time they were granted until their full reimbursement, - measure 4, grants for the social plan of DEM 2,221 million, - measure 5, grants to cover losses of DEM 2,409 million, - measure 6, grants of DEM 0,249 million, - measure 7, amount paid in 1994, grants of DEM 0,022 million, - measure 8, grants for the promotion of projects of DEM 1,050 million, - measure 9, grants for the promotion of employment of DEM 0,281 million, - measure 10, grants to cover liabilities of DEM 0,070 million, - the amount of measure 13 exceeding the provisions of the privatisation contract, i.e. DEM 0,374 million, - measure 17, investment allowance of DEM 0,859 million, - measure 18, direct investment grants of DEM 1,597 million, - measure 27, grants of DEM 479, - measure 27(a), investment allowance stated to have only been paid in an amount of DEM 0,710 million, - measure 31, redemption of interest of DEM 0,136 million.