Brussels, 13/06/2001 (Agence Europe) - Discussions between the Commission and the German delegation continued on Wednesday 13 June in order to find an overall solution to the problem of guarantees enjoyed by German public banks, guarantees assimilated to State aid. Commissioner Monti and Competition Director General Alexander Schaub, on one hand, and the German Secretary of State Caio Koch-Weser together with the officials directly concerned, on the other, focused their discussions on a model called the "platform model", which now seems to be emerging as the German solution to European demands. This model is aimed at completely abolishing one of the measures, the "Gewährträgerhaftung", and amending the second, the "Anstaltslast", so that the potential State intervention may be subject to the control of the Commission under the State aid regime. Commissioner Monti declared that progress made so far was encouraging but that more clarity was needed on changes envisaged for the "Anlaststalt". The Commissioner stressed, moreover, that the individual solutions envisaged for some banks should respect the general model and come as close as possible to the overall solution. Concerning transitional periods requested by the German delegation, Mr Monti said that the Commission was of course willing to leave Germany enough time to set up an efficient system but that it could not give its stance in concrete terms as detailed information is lacking. The parties separated on the promise of a forthcoming meeting mid-July in order to find a solution to the last controversial points.