commiss decis septemb ff million aid form equiti loan french govern grant newsprint produc french text authent eec commiss european commun regard treati establish european econom commun subparagraph articl thereof notic parti concern submit comment accord provis regard comment french govern extend approxim ff million equiti loan prêt participatif countri largest newsprint produc insolv public support ail busi involv element state aid french govern breach oblig articl treati fail notifi aid commiss june commiss decid open procedur laid articl treati respect aid qualifi except state aid rule provid articl potenti applic case letter date juli commiss gave french govern notic submit comment french govern repli commiss letter telex novemb adduc reason justifi search industri solut firm difficulti exploit indigen raw materi preserv job upper normandi region maintain rel secur suppli newsprint telex state govern forc step firm ff million equiti loan pend industri solut search solut unsuccess french govern submit comment bilater meet held januari letter date april parti respond commiss invit comment case member state trade associ share commiss concern aid firm member state stress aid liabl affect export trade provis public fund form equiti loan involv element state aid present case aid charact fund fact firm financi difficulti brought poor manag neglect invest period final led declar insolv decemb difficulti made firm rais fund essenti surviv restructur privat capit market aid sustain period year product capac oper apt mark effect competit condit aid french govern grant affect trade member state distort competit mean articl treati favour aid firm product good newsprint wood light weight coat print paper articl aid featur principl incompat common market except provid articl requir aid serv object commun interest simpli serv interest aid recipi except constru narrowli region industri aid scheme individu award gener aid scheme scrutin appli commiss satisfi aid market forc insuffici guid recipi pattern behaviour serv object appli except aid serv object give unfair advantag member state trade condit member state affect competit distort justif ground commun interest appli principl scrutini individu aid award commiss satisfi aid justifi contribut recipi make object articl end demonstr evid aid serv object except claus serv bolster financi posit recipi firm recipi present case serv object french govern unabl give commiss discov justif find aid question fulfil condit applic except provid articl regard except provid subparagraph articl aid promot facilit develop area rouen area upper normandi standard live abnorm low underemploy mean subparagraph french aid award requisit featur aid facilit develop econom area mean subparagraph intend purpos aid measur featur project common european interest project remedi disturb french economi qualifi except subparagraph articl data social econom situat franc economi suffer disturb kind refer treati action french govern meant deal situat final except subparagraph articl aid facilit develop econom activ emphas aid form equiti loan grant firm pend industri solut establish polici commiss insist rescu aid sole intend firm solut problem devis form loan guarante repay loan market rate interest equiti loan fall categori aid form equiti loan french govern grant undertak fulfil condit applic except provid articl treati adopt decis articl ff million aid form equiti loan french govern grant newsprint produc incompat common market mean articl eec treati withdrawn articl french govern inform commiss month date notif decis measur compli therewith articl decis address french republ brussel septemb commiss fran andriessen member commiss