Luxembourg, 13/01/2000 (Agence Europe) - Germany has lodged an appeal against the decision of the European Commission of 8 July 1999 demanding that the German State-owned bank WestLB refund the 808 million euro it is said to have received in State aid. Its arguments are the same as those put forward by North-Rheinland Westphalia and WestLB in their case before the European Court of First Instance (CFI - see yesterday's EUROPE, page 8).
The case by the German State having been lodged with...