Article 2
This Decision is addressed to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. Done at Brussels, 5 March 2003. For the Commission Mario Monti Member of the Commission (1) OJ C 223, 19.9.2002, p. 6. (2) See footnote 1. (3) "Poorer developing countries" are those classified as "low income" by the World Bank in 1998, and those which were classified as "lower middle income" by the World Bank in 1998 and whose GNP per capita is below the weighted mean for lower middle income countries. The definition also includes 11 countries for which the World Bank does not currently collect GNP data. (4) OJ C 253, 21.8.2001, p. 3. (5) "Bulletin EU" 11-2000 Development cooperation (1/10) 1.6.43. Statement by the Council and the Commission on the Community's development policy. (6) The company names "CDC-Investco" and "Manco" are only preliminary names. (7) See footnote 5. (8) Source: United Kingdom authorities. (9) The amount of tax revenue foregone depends on the extent to which investors in CDC are liable to tax in the United Kingdom. See also the Commission's decision in case N 56/2001 (OJ C 223, 19.9.2002, p. 6). (10) See e.g. judgement in Case C-482/99 French Republic v Commission. [2002] ECR I-4397.