commiss decis april aid grant land berlin daimler benz ag germani nn german text authent eec commiss european commun regard treati establish european econom commun subparagraph articl thereof parti concern opportun submit comment accord abovement articl earli juli daimler benz ag db intend purchas berlin senat dm million larg piec land potsdam platz recent part berlin wall stood juli commiss receiv complaint low price land sold db posit confirm press report claim market price exceed price fix berlin senat subsidi dm million letter juli withdrawn respons commiss request inform letter date juli octob german author suppli detail inform transact letter date juli septemb septemb novemb provid copi valuat report senatsverwaltung fuer bau und wohnungswesen sbw senat administr construct hous date copi contract sale copi extract german law regul relat properti transact public author copi relev map prepar gutachterausschuss fuer grundstueckswert berlin ggb expert group land valuat berlin land valu decemb part berlin explan practic land valuat data land sale area valuat perform compar land sale area background inform trend rental valu berlin contract sale juli site sold land berlin db free encumbr dm price base floor area indic purchas price rise fall dm increas decreas floor area indic lower limit build land carri accord result competit involv idea develop site object gross floor area shop cultur facil restaur recreat facil apart rest offic purchas price paid week conclus contract event plan permiss obtain year db cancel contract land berlin cancel contract plan requir build deadlin compli db comment feder govern state price base exclus market land establish sbw line relev law regul state aid specul price increas link unif part berlin futur reorgan part citi german govern view includ valuat market price includ current law establish market price price reduc factor account part land built preserv tree grow perman access public util purchas bear cost make site readi develop purchas price paid week contract sign build work start februari commiss decid initi procedur provid articl eec treati respect land purchas contract juli land berlin db analysi fact commiss shown sale price substanti market land valuat carri sbw respect unusu open critic addit commiss misgiv administr procedur berlin senat carri case result sale price set market sale indirect aid purchas invest carri land involv trade servic relat db motor vehicl activ intens intra commun trade commiss view aid threaten distort intra commun trade mean articl eec treati addit appear doubt commiss exempt articl grant state aid connect sale transact part articl procedur commiss call relev german author accord articl bundesbaugesetz feder build law decemb complet independ neutral group expert ggb carri expert opinion market land take account valuat fact base question rais commiss procedur letter date march commiss gave feder govern notic submit comment month provid inform apprais case member state interest parti notic submit comment ii part articl procedur feder govern submit comment letter date april consid inform crucial assess case db announc earli interest invest berlin decis opt potsdam platz site septemb area question geograph centr berlin present derelict part citi market site determin basi floor area indic util surfac area site build floor site build floor floor area indic ratio chang indic mean chang purchas price juli total site sold vicin berlin wall site compar central area residenti mix area commerci industri area db receiv public fund purchas land decid db build project initi estim dm million receiv assist case expropri cf feder build law valuat land sold berlin senat carri systemat independ group expert present case carri relev administr berlin senat sbw contract build carri vicin potsdam strass negoti verein fuer bergbaulich interessen associ mine interest refer procedur initi carri land berlin act specul sell site belong land give impetu develop citi economi commiss simultan inform berlin senat ask ggb letter date april determin market area acquir db vicin potsdam platz april give view misgiv valuat express commiss initi procedur work month letter date german author promis valuat readi mid juli german author transmit offici valuat juli letter date septemb attach letter opinion date juli sbw undertaken valuat background memo berlin senatsverwaltung fuer wirtschaft und technologi berlin senat administr econom affair technolog opinion date septemb db framework articl procedur valuat similarli date septemb privat expert carri behalf db member state franc denmark submit comment support commiss action comment commun german govern refer french comment german govern state repli commun framework state aid motor vehicl industri applic case db site locat subsidiari daimler benz interservic ag debi complet independ motor vehicl subsidiari merced benz ag question motor vehicl product site comment db state land purchas contract element state aid db mean articl eec treati db put forward argument support april reunif germani mean land sold area mark proxim berlin wall exist db agre critic level sbw privat expert ggb rough divis site section choic central area comparison fact addit cost involv maintain renov build list histor monument account evid calcul market estim approxim involv spread agre purchas price li assess aid element base market account contribut made develop citi pointer subsequ investor db willing acquir market piec land larger undevelop section adjoin build alongsid smaller undevelop section requir db purpos db estim addit oblig cost aris contract sale acquisit demolit bellevu tower adjac smaller undevelop section financi cost time site readi build cost architectur competit loss aris alloc net usabl floor space parti offic dm million market estim ggb abovement aspect land purchas contribut db develop citi make land purchas contract special transact compar normal land purchas contract industri purpos argu evid hypothet state aid influenc db competit posit convert site firm offic debi unclear trade member state affect advantag db offic area berlin area irrelev term market competit bear trade member state lastli commiss find state aid grant aid allow articl berlin area germani affect divis germani suffer effect state aid reconstruct relev part berlin aim promot develop citi deem compat treati initi examin german govern view summar commiss decemb accept german author propos aspect case discuss jointli decid set ad hoc group expert quantifi addit cost benefit connect purchas adjac site db project commiss gain fuller knowledg fact connect case letter date februari german author transmit calcul supplementari inform group expert agre iii expert opinion ggb juli drawn sign independ expert ggb expert opinion conclud market land april amount dm market trend land market determin longer period month determin market ggb aspect account legal circumst includ land registri descript land contract sale build law provis regul posit physic properti site characterist milit favour divis separ section develop section histor weinhau huth undevelop section potsdam strass einhornstrass linkstrass exclud privat ownership undevelop section einhornstrass linkstrass schellingstrass reichpietschuf exclud develop section bellevu tower criteria govern determin market section site addit standard criteria laid law account town plan concept develop result town plan competit held part town contractu requir part convert site purpos offic respect deem standard rule core area unbuilt land regard exempt contribut develop valuat summar market undevelop section determin analyt step potsdam platz similar qualiti area round ernst reuter platz hardenbergstrass fasanenstrass averag standard land area end dm start estim averag rise land valu end april applic regress analysi rise dm correct locat differ technic social infrastructur transport link futur expect util appli multifactor analysi reduct land dm correct variat build appli convers coeffici increas dm usual correct larg build site appli ideal plan possibl rariti purchas opportun correct account preserv histor potsdam strass plan uncertainti small piec land privat ownership reduct land dm correct unexpect build delai time mandatori town plan condit met appli year discount factor interest rate reduct dm multipli final land dm total area market dm assess undevelop section analyt step appli correct final land section correct protect histor monument dm central locat compar compar site chosen section decreas dm correct adjoin bellevu tower view complianc prescrib distanc build floor area indic compli multipli final land dm total area market dm assess histor wine tavern carri basi analyt step start point annual rental incom adjust account section artifici low rent dm gross incom annual administr cost deduct give annual net incom dm capit incom calcul divid annual net incom standard real properti interest rate dm adjust account cost renov offic born tenant final market dm ad market valu section market total site round figur dm regard commiss comment initi procedur ggb put forward reason differ sbw valuat expert opinion compar area standard land amount dm dm inclus price trend april includ period begin account anticip increas degre util convers coeffici appli basi land sale period coeffici publish northern undevelop section divid assess unit assess singl piec build land rout potsdam strass incorpor build land assess separ piec land divid build site determin market develop piec land wine tavern made compar procedur capit incom procedur comment juli ggb expert opinion sbw defend assumpt underli initi valuat share ggb view consequ potsdam strass valuat sbw includ annex variant ggb valuat differ assumpt potsdam strass reach conclus result ggb assess dm million lower studi carri privat expert juli db request critic ggb expert opinion treat entir site build land comparison made site ernst reuter platz hardenbergstrass busi district number detail aspect ggb chosen method privat expert assess market dm million group expert refer part ii look question high assess addit cost benefit db build project januari aris privat site eichhornstrass bellevu tower acquir decemb month land transact senat commiss view purchas decis entail oblig cost db futur financi benefit inclus site improv db chanc increas floor area indic provid contract sale distanc build account build construct abovement piec land event decis berlin senat decemb floor area indic db project build project vicin potsdam platz increas addit cost db build project aris transact assess dm million addit benefit put dm million aggreg result addit net expenditur dm million calcul summar addit price dm million db paid purchas bellevu tower correspond differ purchas price dm million market land ggb standard land map decemb extrapol account floor area indic dm million financi cost amount dm million correspond differ interest burden basi offici interest rate period year mid discount januari date set demolit build dm million rental incom januari dm million cost vacat build resettl present inhabit amount dm million correspond sum discount interest cost subsidi db pai univers administr accommod student student resid dm million discount rental cost db pai accommod migrant refuge current leas agreement expir dm million demolit cost amount dm million correspond discount amount current demolit tender base averag demolit cost dm increas senat site result inclus bellevu site estim dm million amount determin multipli surfac area differ adjust ggb convers coeffici connect increas floor area indic dm adjust payment provid contract dm iv daimler benz group largest industri undertak europ worldwid turnov dm billion dm billion achiev commun market merced benz car util vehicl account third turnov aeg deutsch aerospac account db inter servic debi debi establish juli compris group servic activ data process financi servic insur offset transact market servic carri direct part db group main focu financi servic activ leas agreement merced benz custom merced benz sold vehicl worldwid vehicl sold commun account car util vehicl van lorri regist commun decis move part debi berlin intend strengthen firm posit eastern europ statement db plai kei role reconstruct east germani rest comecon countri commiss state initi procedur question exist state aid centr term condit sale site db land berlin depart normal commerci practic extent constitut state aid mean articl eec treati remain basi case berlin region legisl landeshaushaltsordnung und grundstuecksordnung land sold full feder build law market land defin price time determin price relat obtain normal commerci market legal circumst physic characterist qualiti locat land object valuat take consider extraordinari person circumst feder build law valuat perform independ group expert princip task administr land own region public author valuat exercis carri region public author request higher rank group expert provid valuat view commiss doubt initi procedur administr procedur berlin author case select sbw expert bodi valuat site open critic due fact public entiti case land sale berlin senat constitut independ expert group requir feder build law part administr berlin senat independ statu commiss concern opinion higher rank group expert request discretionari decis underli assumpt made subsequ public controversi surround sbw valuat context commiss point fulli autonom public bodi exist form ggb letter april german author state case land berlin determin market land necessarili carri independ group expert evid copi legisl provis relat land berlin case legal requir ggb involv land berlin concern commiss remain convinc view except size natur land sold lack refer difficulti involv assess part citi integr futur town plan senat assum suffici certainti land sold full commiss accept lack independ valuat possibl commerci land underestim confirm case object determin commerci commiss opinion valuat request accord feder build law decemb carri complet independ neutral committe expert purpos commiss initi procedur ask compet german author independ altern valuat carri letter date april berlin senat ask ggb recalcul commerci land take account valuat fact underli question rais commiss initi procedur differ opinion commiss term revalu time valuat relat berlin senat case valuat prefer april commiss suggest berlin senat ask valuat carri respect month respect april respect request ggb comment commiss express misgiv method valuat senat stress uniform imparti valuat method berlin senat commiss agreement choic expert term valuat except time valuat relat question remain differ opinion irrespect result independ valuat parti implicitli agreement ggb give unbias profession expert opinion full land acquir db question purchas price contain element state aid determin accord result valuat expert opinion juli ggb put commerci land april dm remain differ opinion commiss berlin senat term valuat irrelev valuat relat april reach conclus result valuat mean purchas price dm dm full land german author transmit valuat letter date septemb attach letter comment sbw justifi initi valuat comment db part articl procedur db quantifi town plan oblig privat expert opinion argument sbw privat expert db made ggb expert opinion commiss begin note gener argument persuas put forward berlin senat accept term valuat request commiss ggb present expert opinion altern assess commiss db initi receiv ggb expert opinion concern commiss refus give prefer calcul parti wish event replac offici appoint man committe expert good reason privat expert commiss view content detail valuat justifi reject offici expert opinion critic aspect method appli ggb concern commiss opinion offici appoint expert committe access statist inform latest method profession expert land valuat db argument commerci account oblig charg undertak agre part plan requir part citi commiss point ggb expert opinion take account db contractu oblig includ partli restrict commerci land refer made remark expert opinion kei criteria determin commerci addit oblig expressli provid sale contract valuat quantifi db stem purchas demolit bellevu tower inclus bellevu site construct project addit cost time purchas db influenc commerci april influenc purchas price commiss conclud differ dm million land valuat carri ggb purchas price paid db constitut aid land berlin db initi procedur commiss state aid enabl db acquir land full constitut aid db mean articl eec treati invest carri land affect trade servic group motor vehicl activ respect intens intra commun trade aid threaten distort intra commun competit irrelev respect part area rebuilt relet let commerci let afford db profit commiss agre db analysi subsid purchas price irrelev term market competit db acquir site berlin similar term acquir potsdam platz site term contract juli ggb point db opportun bui site extrem rare db virtual altern opportun bui land size centr citi state aid necessarili influenc db locat choic regard unexpect benefit threaten distort competit lead increas db profit margin servic industri activ vi aid fall scope approv aid scheme notifi commiss accord articl eec treati feder govern notifi aid advanc commiss submit comment measur implement aid unlaw grant breach articl procedur provis articl signific public order mandatori court justic confirm direct effect judgment june case illeg aid remedi event vii comment db argu aid grant articl compat common market articl provid aid grant economi area feder republ germani affect divis germani aid requir order compens econom disadvantag caus divis compat common market west berlin area cover provis commiss previou occas recent march cf state aid author numer grant aid economi west berlin provid berlinfoerderungsgesetz berlin promot law basi articl accord joint declar found member state commun special posit berlin afford support free world commun commun german unif august commiss view econom justif continu subsid berlin ceas exist commiss welcom intent germani author phase aid total state examin aid zonal border area west berlin progress decis phase period consid justifi aid german author db point db made clear earli interest invest berlin potsdam platz select septemb berlin wall open april valuat chosen site undertaken decis reunif germani time reunif highli uncertain time area round potsdam platz integr west berlin specif plan develop part citi complic factor investor interest time acquir larg piec land part citi uncertainti ownership site imposs combin larger piec land usual disadvantag smaller piec site belong privat individu unwil sell surpris altern piec land offer db berlin senat januari shortcom demolit berlin wall begin mean elimin obviou disadvantag divis germani disadvantag part citi situat confront specif interest part larg privat investor leav db privat project account town plan polici unspecifi build regul public invest relat transport link public util circumst fact town plan requir determin creat larg degre uncertainti meant potenti investor prepar accept financi risk virtual unquantifi commiss conced berlin senat suffici argument demonstr specif aid justifi order offset abovement disadvantag win pioneer investor accept risk undertak larg build project contribut town plan object part citi addit contract sale impos specif oblig db determin detail town plan polici final implicit addit oblig db acquir bellevu tower demolish eyesor includ site build project examin inform transmit letter date septemb commiss continu view contract sale contain state aid element conced berlin senat grant state aid state aid order offset disadvantag creat db circumst surround contract sale time unif circumst expressli reflect contract account valuat land justifi state aid offset disadvantag commiss declar end examin berlin senat expert db financi consequ addit oblig charg impos db sale contract purpos commiss determin net expenditur db incur result decis includ land eichhornstrass build project net expenditur regard reflect econom disadvantag creat juli german unif divis countri aid offset addit real econom cost justifi basi articl commiss emphas declar agreement net expenditur db comment procedur db estim dm million total dm million aris oblig charg contract sale state technic examin undertaken januari februari reach conclus net expenditur incur db result purchas bellevu tower inclus bellevu site build project put dm million commiss take view aid db amount maximum dm million compat common market articl remain aid amount dm million contain contract sale incompat articl eec treati articl specifi type aid consid compat common market compat treati determin commun context refer singl member state ensur proper function common market account principl articl derog provid articl basic ban aid laid articl interpret strictli examin aid scheme individu aid appli commiss convinc market forc suffici potenti aid recipi act aid contribut achiev object articl derog provid articl note commiss view region west germani econom social situat applic derog basic ban aid articl derog aid promot econom develop area standard live abnorm low underemploy consid compat common market derog provid articl indirect aid purchas land question intend promot import project common european interest remedi disturb economi member state articl aid facilit develop econom activ econom area author aid advers affect trade condit extent contrari common interest region aid aspect note db view berlin continu includ german region requir assist effect divis germani evid aspect divis germani argument examin framework articl regard elig region receiv region aid articl commiss drawn publish analyt method involv stage analysi criteria appli stage analysi region question basi threshold appli germani gross domest product head popul maximum west german nation averag unemploy rate nation averag west berlin threshold gross domest product unemploy econom indic appli stage analysi circumst region margin threshold appli stage analysi stage reveal adequ justif region aid west berlin satisfi threshold establish stage analysi note list west german assist area establish januari west berlin includ requir region assist joint task improv region econom structur repres main german region aid scheme econom indic show berlin west german nation averag gross wage west berlin region amount west german averag substanti tax advantag exist west berlin correspond net term wage level west german averag west berlin infrastructur endow west german averag view observ set region aid west berlin consid compat common market mean articl mention indirect ad hoc aid grant transpar aid scheme principl deem compat common market mean articl basi observ derog provid articl region aspect appli aid derog provid articl aid facilit develop econom activ concern commiss aid compat common market aid advers affect trade condit member state develop db servic activ qualifi derog ground assist undertak sector econom activ regard essenti commun viii case aid incompat common market commiss power articl eec treati confirm court justic judgment juli case judgment februari case requir member state compel recipi repai aid grant german author month recov unlaw aid grant db land berlin recoveri aid place accord relev nation provis includ provis payment interest arrear case liabil state repay occur expiri deadlin set commiss adopt decis articl land purchas contract juli daimler benz ag land berlin site potsdam platz berlin state aid amount dm aid illeg grant undertak breach articl eec treati aid amount dm million compat common market articl eec treati remain dm aid incompat common market mean articl eec treati articl feder govern requir ensur aid incompat common market reimburs month public decis repay dm daimler benz land berlin amount increas amount interest undertak improperli enjoi repay take place expiri month deadlin articl feder govern inform commiss month public decis measur order compli decis articl decis address feder republ germani brussel april commiss leon brittan vice presid oj examin question land transact element state aid commiss appli argument similar decis eec juli toyota oj capolongo maya ecr final oj commiss germani ecr deufil commiss ecr