Brussels, 08/05/2002 (Agence Europe) - On Tuesday, the Commission decided to close the procedure opened in November 2000 against Germany, at the request of an association, concerning eventual State aid received by the Bahn TransGmbH company via its parent company, Deutsche Bahn AG. The association in question had suspicions that DG AG had granted unwarranted commercial advantages to its subsidiary, BahnTrans. After examining the different aspects of commercial relations between the two companies (capital allocation paid by DB AG, the agreements on the use and hiring of transport equipment, the use of rail for transport, the takeover of DB personnel by BahnTrans, the marketing strategy of BahnTrans, the agreements on the sharing of receipts and cash assets), the Commission concluded that these relations corresponded to customary practices, and ended the procedure.