L 304/24 Official Journal of the European Communities 14.11.98 (Acts whose publication is not obligatory) COMMISSION COMMISSION DECISION of 14 July 1998 concerning aid schemes in Germany under which aid could be awarded which is subject to the notification requirement of the multisectoral framework on regional aid for large investment projects (notified under document number C(1998) 2271) (Only the German text is authentic) (Text with EEA relevance) (98/639/EC) THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular the first subparagraph of Atrticle 93(2) thereof, Having given the parties concerned notice, in accordance with the abovementioned Article, to submit their comments, Whereas: I. PROCEDURE (1) By letter No SG(98) D/1975 of 5 March 1998, the Commission proposed to Germany, pursuant to Article 93(1) of the EC Treaty, an appropriate measure concerning a notification requirement contained in a new Community framework for State aid called the new multisectoral framework on regional aid to large investment projects (') (hereinafter referred to as ‘the multisectoral frame- work’). (2) By the same letter, the Commission informed Germany and the other Member States that the multisectoral framework would come into force on 1 September 1998, with an initial period of validity of three years and that all aided projects covered by the notification requirement which had still not () OJ C 107, 7. 4. 1998, p. 7. received final approval by the Member States’ competent authorities by 1 August 1998, must be notified in accordance therewith. The Commission also requested Germany and the other Member States to state, within 20 working days from the date of the said letter, whether or not they agreed to the introduction of the multisectoral framework in so far as it related to the notification procedure laid down in Article 93(3) of the EC Treaty. In reply to the Commission letter of 5 March 1998, Germany, by letter of 31 March 1998, stated that for various reasons it did not agree to the introduc- tion of the multisectoral framework. By letter dated 28 May 1998 (No SG(98) D/4197), the Commission informed Germany of its decision of 20 May 1998 to initiate the procedure provided for in Article 93(2) of the EC Treaty in respect of all the aid schemes in Germany under which aid could be awarded which was covered by the notifi- cation requirement of the multisectoral framework, notably the Programme for the improvement of regional economic structures (Rabmenplan der Gemeinschaftsaufgabe ‘Verbesserung der regio- nalen Wirtschaftstruktur) and the Investment aid law (Investitionszulagengeserz).