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Fair competition demands a reduction or stopping state aid whenever possible.
The Commission is worried that companies are receiving too much state aid and therefore proposes drawing up a timetable to reduce it . Between 1992 and 1994, the then 12 Member States devoted at least 95 bn ECU a year on average in state aid to their enterprises. Aid is concentrated in the relatively prosperous EU countries while the share of the poorest countries is falling off.