Final report of the Hearing Officer in case COMP/34.493 — Duales System Deutschland (DSD) (prepared pursuant to Article 15 of Commission Decision 2001/462/EC, ECSC of 23 May 2001 on the terms of reference of Hearing Officers in certain competition procedures — OJ L 162, 19.6.2001, p. 21) (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2001-07-23
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: competition law, merger control, self-employed person

23.11.2001

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

C 328/5

Date of adoption of the decision: 6.9.2001

Objective: Restructuring of a semi-conductor firm

Member State: Spain (Extremadura)

Legal basis:

Aid No: N 795/2000

Title: Employment aid scheme

Objective: Job creation

Legal basis: Decreto de la Comunidad Aut(cid:243)noma de Extrema-
dura

Budget: EUR 55 million

Aid intensity or amount: Variable

Duration: Until end of 2003

(cid:151) F(cid:246)rderung neuer bzw. neuartiger Produkte und Verfahren

im Freistaat Sachsen

(cid:151) F(cid:246)rderung von innovativen Verbundprojekten

(cid:151) Investitionszulagengesetz

(cid:151) 22. und 27. Rahmenplan, F(cid:246)rderung der regionalen Wirt-

schaftsstruktur

(cid:151) Treuhandgesetz

(cid:151) Gesetz zur abschlie(cid:223)enden Erf(cid:252)llung der verbliebenen Auf-

gaben der Treuhandanstalt

The authentic text(s) of the decision, from which all confi-
dential information has been removed, can be found at

Budget: Federal and Land finance

http://europa.eu.int/comm/secretariat_general/sgb/state_aids

Aid intensity or amount: 74,89 % and DEM 320 475 000

Date of adoption of the decision: 18.7.2001

Member State: Germany (Saxony)

Aid No: NN 92/99

Duration: 1993 to 2001

Other information: Presentation of a report on the implemen-
tation of the restructuring plan for the period 1999-2001

The authentic text(s) of the decision, from which all confi-
dential information has been removed, can be found at

Title: Aid for Zentrum Mikroelektronik Dresden AG

http://europa.eu.int/comm/secretariat_general/sgb/state_aids

Final report of the Hearing Officer in case COMP/34.493 (cid:151) Duales System Deutschland (DSD)

(prepared pursuant to Article 15 of Commission Decision 2001/462/EC, ECSC of 23 May 2001 on
the terms of reference of Hearing Officers in certain competition procedures (cid:151) OJ L 162,
19.6.2001, p. 21)

(2001/C 328/03)

(Text with EEA relevance)

The draft decision gives rise to the following observations regarding the right to be heard:

The Commission’s intention to attach two obligations to the envisaged exemption of the exclusivity links
that are foreseen in the service agreements between DSD and the waste collectors was communicated to
DSD by letter of 13 June 2001, i.e. at a rather late stage of the proceedings. In order to give DSD enough
time for preparing written comments, the Hearing Officer extended the initial two week’s deadline for its
response by 20 days until 18 July 2001. The draft decision deals in a detailed manner with the arguments
which DSD put forward against the envisaged obligations.

From the foregoing it follows that DSD’s rights of defence have been fully respected. The same is true of
third parties’ rights to be heard.

Done at Brussels on 23 July 2001.

Helmuth SCHR(cid:214)TER