Brussels, 14/05/2012 (Agence Europe) - On Friday 11 May, the European Commission gave the second go-ahead to the restructuring aid for ING from the Dutch government, which the Commission says complies with EU state aid rules. In the new decision, based on the 2009 restructuring plan for the bank, the Commission takes account of objections raised by the EU's General Court in March 2012, when it annulled the previous Commission authorisation of November 2009, on the grounds of insufficient justification in the analysis of some of the aid. The Commission has decided to open an in-depth investigation into changes made to the plan since 2009 by the Dutch government and ING itself. It will be examining whether the Dutch state is likely to get sufficient remuneration for the €10 billion capital it has provided to the bank, on which no dividends were paid for three years in a row; an uneven playing field due to the fact that ING and the Dutch state have been unable to sell Westland Utrecht Bank (because of market conditions); and the tariffs charged by ING Direct and whether it is viable without aid (following a complaint lodged about its pricing policy in Italy). (FG/transl.fl)