Brussels, 05/02/2009 (Agence Europe) - On Thursday 5 February, the European Commission announced it had given clearance to three separate state aid regimes proposed by the German, British and French authorities to help companies with financing problems due to the credit squeeze brought on by the current financial and economic crisis.
French aid consists in loans with interest rate relief concluded by 31 December 2010 at the latest and only applies to interest payments by 31 December 2012....