Brussels, 27/02/2002 (Agence Europe) - The Commission has adopted the following decisions regarding state aid:
- Opening a formal examination procedure between Belgian co-ordination centres and the Trieste financial and insurance service centre: this decision was taken following Belgium and Italy's refusal to amend the said systems, requested by the Commission in July, within a much larger scope of action;
- Green light for Northern Ireland Electricity: measures supporting the company taken in order to compensate for the costs it had to bear have been approved;
- Green light for repayable advance to Snecma; the French project aiming to award a repayable advance to Snecma for its participation in the civil airline project has been approved;
- Green light for Aids for installing cables in Italy and Austria: the Commission has judged that public support for purely local installations does not constitute a State Aid.
EUROPE will be looking at these decisions in greater detail at a later date.
