COMPLIED WITH .
THE SECOND QUESTION
12 BY THIS QUESTION THE GERECHTSHOF ASKS WHETHER THE NOTIFICATION TO THE COMMISSION BY A MEMBER STATE OF A PLAN TO GRANT AID MUST BE IMMEDIATELY AND CLEARLY MADE KNOWN TO ALL THE INTERESTED PARTIES .
13 ACCORDING TO ARTICLE 93 ( 3 ) OF THE TREATY ,
' ' THE COMMISSION SHALL BE INFORMED , IN SUFFICIENT TIME TO ENABLE IT TO SUBMIT ITS COMMENTS , OF ANY PLANS TO GRANT OR ALTER AID . IF IT CONSIDERS THAT ANY SUCH PLAN IS NOT COMPATIBLE WITH THE COMMON MARKET HAVING REGARD TO ARTICLE 92 , IT SHALL WITHOUT DELAY INITIATE THE PROCEDURE PROVIDED FOR IN PARAGRAPH 2 . THE MEMBER STATE CONCERNED SHALL NOT PUT ITS PROPOSED MEASURES INTO EFFECT UNTIL THIS PROCEDURE HAS RESULTED IN A FINAL DECISION . ' '
14 THAT TEXT MAKES NO REFERENCE TO AN OBLIGATION OF THE TYPE MENTIONED IN THE SECOND QUESTION AND THAT IS CONSISTENT WITH THE OBJECTIVES OF THE AFORESAID PROVISIONS AND THE CONTEXT WITHIN WHICH THEY FALL . THE SOLE PURPOSE OF THE FIRST SENTENCE OF ARTICLE 93 ( 3 ) IS TO PROVIDE THE COMMISSION WITH THE OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW , IN SUFFICIENT TIME AND IN THE GENERAL INTEREST OF THE COMMUNITIES , ANY PLAN TO GRANT OR ALTER AID . AT THE SAME TIME , THE INTERESTS OF ANY INDIVIDUALS CONCERNED ARE PROTECTED BY ARTICLE 93 ( 2 ), WHICH REQUIRES THE COMMISSION , WHEN IT INITIATES THE PROCEDURE PROVIDED FOR IN THAT PARAGRAPH , TO GIVE NOTICE TO THE INTERESTED PARTIES TO SUBMIT THEIR COMMENTS .
15 IN REPLY TO THE SECOND QUESTION IT MUST THEREFORE BE STATED THAT ARTICLE 93 ( 3 ) OF THE TREATY DOES NOT REQUIRE THAT THE NOTIFICATION TO THE COMMISSION BY A MEMBER STATE OF PLANS TO GRANT OR ALTER AID SHOULD BE IMMEDIATELY MADE KNOWN TO ALL THE INTERESTED PARTIES ; SUCH AN OBLIGATION FALLS UPON THE COMMISSION ALONE WHEN IT INITIATES THE PROCEDURE PROVIDED FOR IN ARTICLE 93 ( 2 ).
THE THIRD QUESTION
16 IN THIS QUESTION THE GERECHTSHOF ASKS WHETHER THE OBLIGATION TO INFORM THE COMMISSION OF PLANS TO GRANT AID WHICH IS IMPOSED ON MEMBER STATES BY THE FIRST SENTENCE OF ARTICLE 93 ( 3 ) ALSO APPLIES TO ALTERATIONS MADE TO SUCH PLANS IN THE COURSE OF PARLIAMENTARY DEBATE .
17 IT IS SUFFICIENT TO NOTE THAT ARTICLE 93 ( 3 ) IS NOT CONFINED SOLELY TO THE GRANT OF AID , BUT ALSO COVERS THE ALTERATION THEREOF , AND THAT THE AFORESAID AIM OF THE FIRST SENTENCE OF THAT PROVISION COULD NOT BE ACHIEVED IF THE COMMISSION WERE INFORMED ONLY OF THE INITIAL PLANS AND NOT OF SUBSEQUENT ALTERATIONS . HOWEVER , IT MUST BE ADDED THAT SUCH INFORMATION MAY BE SUPPLIED TO THE COMMISSION IN THE COURSE OF THE CONSULTATIONS WHICH TAKE PLACE BETWEEN THE COMMISSION AND THE MEMBER STATE CONCERNED FOLLOWING THE INITIAL NOTIFICATION .
18 IN REPLY TO THE THIRD QUESTION IT MUST THEREFORE