commiss decis juli aid propos rheinland pfalz land govern fibr process firm scheuerfeld german text authent eec commiss european commun regard treati establish european econom commun subparagraph articl thereof notic parti concern submit comment accord articl regard comment memorandum date govern feder republ germani ask commiss author award capit grant dm fibr process firm scheuerfeld extens invest cost dm million grant cover june commiss ask feder govern inform suppli memorandum date octob invest involv plant machineri manufactur coat wood fibr hard fibr mould interior trim motor vehicl project creat perman job invest undertaken assist area feder land govern joint programm gemeinschaftsaufgab region aid scheme rheinland pfalz govern wish award capit grant averag unemploy nation averag threat steel industri job betzdorf employ offic district scheuerfeld part averag unemploy altenkirchen employ offic district km li joint programm assist area unemploy averag nation averag threaten steel industri redund neighbour employ offic district wissen siegerland preliminari scrutini commiss opinion plan award fell articl treati deem compat common market except claus articl econom social situat betzdorf employ offic district bad aid attract develop except claus requir infer analysi figur commiss averag unemploy betzdorf employ offic district year period septemb rate unemploy period number peopl travel work plant travel work pattern district gener averag capita gross ad factor cost year labour market region siegen betzdorf situat situat relev betzdorf averag gross pai level manufactur industri betzdorf district opinion plan award qualifi applic except claus articl commiss decid open procedur laid articl letter date decemb ask feder govern submit observ letter date februari invit comment member state comment invit interest parti notic publish offici journal european commun ii observ letter date januari feder govern state unemploy rate betzdorf high main reason provid job area threat steel industri job betzdorf employ offic district mudersbach kilometr betzdorf job steel work wissen kilometr fear steel industri job loss unemploy rate betzdorf employ offic district rise nation averag year betzdorf kilometr joint programm assist area larg proport firm workforc local author altenkirchen iii member state individu firm made represent procedur agre commiss view case iv aid propos rheinland pfalz land govern fibr process firm scheuerfeld favour firm reduc cost invest conclus refut argument region aid compens disadvantag area concern point view firm choos locat invest place point compens disadvantag area strictli speak favour recipi reduc cost area measur involv aid judg reason object effect compar situat origin exist common market measur case doubt disadvantag area quantifi suffici accuraci fix aid level compens region aid set member state high level firm posit financi induc locat invest area content region aid favour recipi confirm word articl articl aid promot facilit econom develop area circumst held compat common market show aid fall articl argu region aid favour recipi compens disadvantag locat aid issu present case distort competit calcul improv recipi return invest strengthen financi posit compar competitor receiv assist distort competit aid net tax grant equival appreci reduct cost invest margin give assist firm consider advantag unaid competitior aid induc firm remain present locat constitut distort competit fall articl institut system ensur competit common market distort articl eec treati impli firm allow make mind locat choic swai guid financi induc aid concern present case affect trade member state product concern trade member state aid firm take part trade intra commun trade mould made wood fibr veget fibr nimex code amount tonn worth million ecu feder republ share trade feder govern state firm concern export output member state commun spain final effect aid trade member state judg effect proport firm output export effect firm sale domest market member state concern involv intra commun trade product firm competit domest market import member state likewis affect distort competit aid propos rheinland pfalz land govern case fall scope articl present case concern region aid except prohibit state aid provid articl applic except appli commiss satisfi market forc insuffici guid recipi behaviour serv object except claus invok except case clausal link trade condit member state affect competit distort compens benefit commun appli principl set scrutini region aid scheme commiss satisfi region concern suffer problem comparison situat rest commun justifi grant aid level propos scrutini show aid achiev object articl demonstr assum aid serv object except claus privat interest recipi except provid articl applic aid promot econom develop area standard live abnorm low underemploy commiss open articl procedur tenth gener plan joint programm view econom social situat feder republ nation local justifi applic articl commiss state posit annex letter feder govern novemb view confirm studi commiss carri open articl procedur region aid scheme laender baden wuerttemberg bavaria hessen lower saxoni rheinland pfalz schleswig holstein restat annex commiss letter feder govern august commiss refer statement commiss latest review situat confirm impress feder republ area concern decis standard live abnorm low underemploy rheinland pfalz propos aid award made capita gdp commun averag unemploy commun averag except provid articl applic aid facilit develop econom area advers affect trade condit extent contrari common interest circumst effect trade condit caus region aid regard common interest purpos articl shown aid region suffer difficulti averag nation sever commun standard aid market forc elimin difficulti level aid proport difficulti grant aid unduli distort competit common market sector ensur commun relat assess systemat object commiss develop method determin member state gener threshold level structur unemploy capita gross domest product region aid deem accept threshold regularli review light latest figur current threshold region feder republ consid principl elig aid level capita gross domest product gross ad factor cost nation averag averag unemploy rate year nation averag feder govern inform threshold letter feder econom minist date juli feder govern note current threshold memorandum commiss date januari commiss open articl procedur present case figur capita gross ad factor cost labour market region siegen betzdorf district belong nation averag indic situat betzdorf german govern challeng averag unemploy rate betzdorf district period nation averag basi threshold region aid betzdorf employ offic district compat common market result obtain appli threshold prima faci presumpt revis stage assess procedur indic present situat futur trend point opposit conclus stage scrutini commiss check result econom social analysi carri open articl procedur refer latest unemploy figur light argument put forward feder govern repli open procedur outcom unemploy rate betzdorf district high year read nation unemploy index germani averag state read fell percentag point compens point rise improv stand feder govern state job threaten niederschelden steel work mudersbach job loss occur region labour market absorb earlier redund work major problem worst case assumpt worker made redund regist unemploi altern job unemploy rate betzdorf district rise nation index region problem steel industri redund feder govern quantifi neighbour employ offic district wissen necessarili make region problem betzdorf district unemploy wissen district nation index nation averag final aid author averag unemploy nation index altenkirchen district larg proport workforc firm live averag unemploy read altenkirchen year period read fell point closer scrutini social econom difficulti betzdorf employ offic district sever commun standard effect trade condit caus propos aid common interest adopt decis articl aid dm propos rheinland pfalz land govern fibr process firm scheuerfeld govern feder republ germani inform commiss incompat common market articl eec treati grant articl feder republ germani inform commiss month date notif decis measur compli therewith articl decis address feder republ germani brussel juli commiss peter sutherland member commiss oj