Brussels, 01/10/2003 (Agence Europe) - Formal State aid investigation on six Italian R&D projects in the aeronautical industry has been opened by the European Commission. The procedure has begun following a complaint that 13 projects did not respect the 1996 community rules on research state aid currently in force. The 13 projects that benefited from State support under Legge 808/85. This Italian law foresees research and development funds for about € 3.2 billion in favour of the...