L 232)24 Official Journal of the European Communities 2.9.1999 (Acts whose publication is not obligatory) COMMISSION COMMISSION DECISION of 21 April 1999 on the state aid granted by Germany to Dieselmotorenwerk Rostock GmbH (notified under document number C(1999) 1121) (Only the German version is authentic) (Text with EEA relevance) (1999/600/EC) THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular the first subparagraph of Article 93(2)(1) thereof, Having regard to the Agreement on the European Economic Area, and in particular Article 62(1)(a) thereof, Having called on interested parties to submit their comments on the aid, Whereas: I. PROCEDURE By letter of 25 April 1996, Germany informed the Commission that the Bundesanstalt fir vereinigungsbedingte Sonderauf- gaben (BvS, the successor to the Treuhand privatisation agency) had granted DEM 20 million in rescue aid in form of a loan to Dieselmotorenwerk Vulkan GmbH (DMV). By letter of 11 February 1997, the Commission informed Germany of its decision to initiate the procedure laid down in Article 93(2) of the EC Treaty in respect of this aid. In so doing, the Commission gave Germany formal notice to provide it with all the information needed for examining the aid within one month of being notified of the decision. The Commission decision to initiate the procedure was published in the Official Journal of the European Communities (*). The Commission invited interested parties to submit their comments on the aid. () O] C 119, 17.4.1997, p. 8. Germany replied by letters of 30 April, 14 July and 10 and 12 September 1997, in which it also informed the Commission of additional aid granted and of a restructuring plan. Further particulars were provided at a meeting on 15 October 1997 between representatives of the Commission and the German authorities. By letter of 17 December 1997, the Commission informed Germany of its decision to extend the procedure laid down in Article 93(2) of the EC Treaty to the aid measures taken in the meantime and of its continuing doubts as to the compatibility of the total amount of restructuring aid with the internal market. The Commission decision to extend the procedure was published in the Official Journal of the European Communities (3) The Commission again invited interested parties to submit their comments on the aid. II. DETAILED DESCRIPTION 1. Dieselmotorenwerk Rostock GmbH (DMR), which was known as Dieselmotorenwerk Vulkan from 1995 until 31 July 1997, was divided until recently into four locations: — the head office and the engine factory in Rostock-Warne- miinde and in the city of Rostock, with a workforce of about 360; the main activity is the production, testing and repair of heavy two-stroke diesel engines for cargo vessels, () O] C 169, 4.6.1998, p. 8.