2005/564/: Commission Decision of 10 December 2003 on State aid in the form of loans from the Wagnisbeteiligungsgesellschaft and the Landesförderinstitut implemented by Germany for Neue Harzer Werke GmbH (notified under document number C(2003) 4496) Text with EEA relevance

The State aid amounting to EUR 1402985 which Germany has provided in the form of loans granted by the Wagnisbeteiligungsgesellschaft and the Landesförderinstitut to Neue Harzer Werke GmbH is incompatible with the common market.

1 Germany shall take all necessary measures to recover from the recipient the aid referred to in Article 1 and unlawfully made available to the recipient.

2 Recovery shall be effected without delay and in accordance with the procedures of national law provided that they allow the immediate and effective execution of the Decision. The aid to be recovered shall include interest from the date on which it was at the disposal of the recipient until the date of its recovery. Interest shall be calculated on the basis of the reference rate used for calculating the grant equivalent of regional aid.

Germany shall inform the Commission, within two months of notification of this Decision, of the measures taken to comply with it.

This Decision is addressed to the Federal Republic of Germany.