commiss decis februari unit kingdom propos assist section cloth footwear knit textil industri english text authent eec commiss european commun regard treati establish european econom commun subparagraph articl thereof notic parti concern submit comment provid articl regard comment letter date april unit kingdom govern notifi commiss propos introduc scheme financi assist section industri develop act benefit section cloth footwear knit textil industri declar aim propos scheme enabl small medium size firm undertak invest advanc technolog equip scheme limit million aid form grant invest cost guarante year loan grant approv financi institut purchas advanc equip initi scrutini commiss consid aim improv product cite unit kingdom main reason assist larg achiev commiss consid cloth knit textil industri econom develop favour comparison trend experienc commun counterpart led situat financi assist promot develop interest commun addit commiss view programm notifi unit kingdom govern meet condit criteria sector aid commiss consid programm notifi favour undertak product good sector high volum trade competit keen affect trade member state incompat common market commiss consid scheme meet condit benefit derog articl eec treati commiss initi procedur provid subparagraph articl letter june gave unit kingdom govern notic submit comment ii unit kingdom govern submit comment procedur provid articl letter august decemb modifi element propos reduc propos guarante total invest cost comment unit kingdom govern refer major object rais commiss give suffici econom justif propos programm commiss request view recent posit develop success industri concern comment member state feder firm sector submit commiss articl procedur support commiss view express great concern propos support measur underlin aid programm liabl distort competit commun give unfair advantag recipi competit commun textil cloth manufactur highlight posit develop unit kingdom textil cloth industri recent year basi consid aid justifi feder firm sector unit kingdom submit comment commiss articl procedur support propos introduct scheme highlight advantag advanc technolog product techniqu point modest size scheme consid make posit contribut strengthen commun iii cloth footwear knit textil sector high volum trade member state competit keen state financi aid strengthen posit undertak compar undertak compet intra commun trade regard affect aid case propos aid programm reduc cost undertak abovement industri unit kingdom bear affect trade distort threaten distort competit member state favour unit kingdom industri mean articl articl lai principl aid featur incompat common market except principl set articl applic case articl set aid consid compat common market compat treati determin context commun singl member state order safeguard proper function common market take account principl articl except principl articl set articl constru narrowli aid scheme individu award scrutin appli commiss satisfi free plai market forc aid induc prospect aid recipi adopt action contribut attain object appli except case contribut object aid end give unfair advantag member state industri financi posit bolster trade condit member state affect competit distort justif ground commun interest unit kingdom govern unabl give commiss discov justif find plan aid programm fall categori except articl regard exempt provid articl relat aid intend promot facilit develop area observ standard live unit kingdom abnorm low employ mean exempt scope firm econom sector irrespect locat aid scheme intend develop area provid exempt exempt provid articl evid scheme question intend promot execut import project common european interest remedi disturb unit kingdom economi economi unit kingdom face social econom difficulti commun situat danger escal state aid state aid affect trade member state regard exempt provid articl favour aid facilit develop econom activ observ market condit sector concern apt state intervent ensur normal develop propos aid regard facilit develop aid assess standpoint commun interest singl member state examin recent develop present situat commun industri concern show firm sector competit todai past number year damag inflict commun cloth knit textil industri obviou larg scale plant closur workforc reduct ow global market depress increas import low cost sourc industri firmli road recoveri increasingli manifest major firm industri commun mean rapidli rise product improv market manag skill high qualiti rang product applic gener technolog advanc equip achiev object restructur regain larg extent level competit requir ensur econom success viabil intern textil market commiss conclud specif aid assist textil cloth industri commun principl longer justifi sector aid programm favour industri pure palli measur nation interest member state propos scheme transfer remain structur problem employ member state commun addit meet condit defin commun guidelin aid textil industri true case uk textil cloth knit industri number signific pointer document recent restructur posit econom develop technolog massiv ration tool made uk industri effici produc high qualiti yarn fabric cloth product improv consider output worker increas addit argument put forward uk govern firm unabl find resourc invest low profit longer justifi earn increas sharpli resurg invest pave continu econom success viabil indic product output trade perform lend strong support view depress start lift situat continu improv view declar aim scheme enabl invest modern machineri note unit kingdom consider improv profit intens effort commun made instal technolog context observ unit kingdom industri question number year benefit consider public financi support gener region specif aid programm contribut significantli posit develop branch aid neg trend product output quantiti term footwear industri slow revers addit increas uk manufactur footwear improv net output worker enterpris record past year partli explain posit trend capit expenditur level reduct number compani total employ total export term quantiti increas significantli late progress proportion uk manufactur total sale contrast export member state reach total export propos aid programm situat artifici lower invest cost compani sector concern weaken competit posit produc commun effect distort competit depress price detriment withdraw market produc hitherto surviv ow restructur product qualiti improv undertaken resourc note larg share product uk textil knit cloth footwear industri propos aid export member state situat demand increas slowli trade condit remain unaffect addit uk govern propos aid cloth knit footwear textil industri close equival aid scheme gener invest modern exist equip categori aid commiss strong reserv view guidelin aid textil industri present propos consider term restructur requir firm scheme requir degre select invest simpli involv replac exist machineri extens firm activ descript gener aim scheme suffici clear lack quantit object capac employ restructur make virtual imposs commiss evalu scheme advanc term result distort competit fact uk govern agre submit highli sensit subsector specif examin procedur propos lack refer select approach respect industri suffici defin criteria check viabil compani clarifi threshold appli end provis made propos respect simultan altern applic aid programm favour industri possibl aid compani elig programm question neutral small degre select exist singl firm support accentu effect aid programm equal simultan cumul applic exist aid scheme addit aid sector programm increas intens aid invest accentu neg effect propos aid initi propos comment procedur suffici demonstr exist problem specif small medium size enterpris propos aid promot firm affect trade condit member state distort competit justif ground commun interest uk govern explicitli wish promot sight small firm afford expenditur advanc equip object approach danger aid small compani grant aid competit dynam firm serv bolster financi posit contribut attain object articl increas result distort competit conclud propos aid scheme assist benefit uk cloth footwear knit textil industri notifi commiss modifi articl procedur favour unit kingdom undertak sector concern market situat longer sole determin effici merit power nation interest member state contribut develop commun point view adequ counteract result distort trade aid propos question meet condit applic derog contain articl eec treati adopt decis articl unit kingdom refrain implement propos notifi commiss letter april modifi letter august decemb procedur articl eec treati grant aid section cloth footwear knit textil industri articl unit kingdom inform commiss month date notif decis measur compli therewith articl decis address unit kingdom brussel februari commiss peter sutherland member commiss