No C 36/2 Official Journal of the European Communities 16. 2.90 
STATE AID 
N 230/89 
(Spain) 
(Articles 92 to 94 of the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community) 
(90/C 36/02) 
Commission communication pursuant to Article 93 (2) of 
the EEC Treaty to other Member States and interested 
parties concerning aids which Spain has decided to grant 
for public transport by road in the Basque country. 
By letter dated 19 June 1989 the Spanish Government 
informed the Commission, pursuant to Article 93 (3) of 
the EEC Treaty, of a proposed scheme of aid for public 
transport by road in the Basque country. The scheme 
comprises grants for carrying out viability studies and for 
the acquisition of fixed assets by the firms concerned. 
The Commission takes the view that aids for replacing 
old vehicles by new vehicles are liable to be caught by 
the ban in Article 92 (1) of the Treaty. Whether these 
vehicles are or are not used for Community transport is a 
consideration that has no bearing in this context. 
On the information it has received so far, the 
Commission considers that the planned aids would not 
qualify for any of the derogations provided for in Article 
92 (3), since they are not part of a programme of market 
improvements in the interest of the Community 
involving, among other things, a reduction in transport 
capacity. 
Under these circumstances, and in line with its approach 
in similar cases involving other Member States, the Commission has decided to initiate the procedure 
provided for in Article 93 (2). It would remind the 
Spanish Government that, under Article 93 (3) of the 
EEC Treaty, the proposed measures must not be put into 
effect until the procedure provided for in paragraph 2 of 
that Article has resulted in a final decision. 
The Commission draws the attention of the Spanish 
Government to the letter it sent to all Member States on 
3 November 1983 concerning their obligations under 
Article 93 (3) of the EEC Treaty and to the communi­
cation published in the Official Journal of the European 
Communities No C 318 of 24 November 1983, page 3, in 
which they were reminded that any aid granted illegally, 
that is without waiting for the final decision under the 
procedure provided for in Article 93 (2) of the EEC 
Treaty, may have to be refunded. 
The Commission hereby gives the other Member States 
and interested parties notice to submit their comments on 
the measures in question within one month from the date 
of publication of this notice to: 
Commission of the European Communities, 
200 rue de la Loi, 
B-1049 Brussels. 
The comments will be communicated to Spain. 
Call for proposals for participation in Brite/Euram 
(Manufacturing technologies and advanced materials (1989 to 1992)) 
(90/C 36/03) 
1. Proposals are now invited for the second call for 
proposals of the Brite/Euram programme. The final date 
for submission of proposals is 14 September 1990 at 
5.00 pm. — application of manufacturing processes, 
— technologies for manufacturing processes. 
2. This call covers the following fields: 
— advanced materials technologies, 
design methodology and quality assurance for 
products and processes, 3. There will be three separate forms of support: 
(a) Industrial applied research will be implemented by 
cost-shared contracts, involving at least two legally 
independent industrial enterprises from two different 
Member States. Total project costs should fall in the