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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 7678

17 March 2000
Contents Publication in full By article 14 / 51
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/state aid
Commissioner Monti's clarifications regarding aid to Rover (UK, automobiles)

Brussels, 16/03/2000 (Agence Europe) - The European Commissioner for competition, Mario Monti, qualified accusations in the British press as "pure rubbish", accusations in part blaming the delays in the ongoing investigations within the Commission into State aid to the Rover plant of Longbridge for BMW's decision to pull out of Rover. Speaking on the BBC on Thursday, he declared: "Let's put things into perspective, this is a 'drop in the ocean'. The grant we are assessing, and a conclusion...

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