Article 5
This Decision is addressed to the Federal Republic of Germany. Done at Brussels, 24 June 2003. For the Commission Mario Monti Member of the Commission (1) OJ C 340, 27.11.1999, p. 64. (2) See footnote 1. (3) OJ L 83, 27.3.1999, p. 1. (4) For the later, more detailed picture, see Section 4 of this Decision (Germany's comments). (5) Point 15 of the statement by Germany of 14 December 1998, which still gave the amount in DEM (DEM 6 million). (6) The decision to initiate the procedure contains an error since it states that the scheme will run until "the end of 2006". (7) Commission Decision 87/573/EEC of 15 July 1987 (OJ L 347, 11.12.1987, p. 64), Section IV, point 1. (8) At the time the procedure was initiated, the Commission notice on de minimis aid applied (OJ C 68, 6.3.1996, p. 9). (9) OJ C 74, 10.3.1998, p. 9. (10) Commission recommendation concerning the definition of small and medium-sized enterprises (OJ L 107, 30.4.1996, p. 4) and Community guidelines on State aid for small and medium-sized enterprises (OJ C 213, 23.7.1996, p. 4). (11) See decision in Case N 613/96. (12) On the basis of the decisions taken in Cases N 195/99, C 47/99 and N 641/2002, the City of Berlin, along with Brandenburg, which together make up the labour market region of Berlin, is an eligible area under Article 87(3)(c) for the period 2000-06 with a maximum aid intensity of 20 % net. This may be raised by 10 percentage points gross for SMEs. For the period from 2007 onwards, the eligible areas and regional-aid ceilings have not yet been set. (13) See point 4.17 of the regional aid guidelines. (14) See point 4.15 of the regional aid guidelines. (15) [1998] ECR II-717. (16) [1995] ECR II-1675. (17) For the public-law claims and further payments under the common guidelines, see the table provided by Germany and set out in recital 35. (18) Rental or leasing agreements with a duration of less than two years, i.e. category three in the table in recital 35. (19) See recital 39. (20) See footnote 7. (21) OJ L 10, 13.1.2002, p. 30. (22) See the judgment by the Court of First Instance of 15 December 1999 in Joined Cases T-132/96 and T-143/96 Freistaat Sachsen, Volkswagen AG and Volkswagen Sachsen GmbH v Commission [1999] ECR II-3663. (23) See footnote 5 to the regional aid guidelines. The synthetic fibres, motor vehicle and steel industries are currently regulated by the multisectoral framework on regional aid for large investment projects (OJ C 70, 19.3.2002, p. 8). Shipbuilding will remain regulated by Council Regulation (EC) No 1540/98 (OJ L 202, 18.7.1998, p. 1) until 31 December 2003. (24) See footnote 12. (25) See the judgments referred to in recital 38. (26) OJ L 10, 13.1.2001, p. 33. (27) See footnote 23. (28) See recital 69.