WRITTEN QUESTION E-2665/99 by Yasmine Boudjenah (GUE/NGL) to the Commission. Restructuring of ABB Alstom Power.
4. 12. 2001 EN Official Journal of the European Communities C 340 E/1 I (Information) EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT WRITTEN QUESTIONS WITH ANSWER (2001/C 340 E/001) WRITTEN QUESTION E-2665/99 by Yasmine Boudjenah (GUE/NGL) to the Commission (12 January 2000) Subject: Restructuring of ABB Alstom Power The management of the ABB Alstom Power group, which was formed in a merger on 30 June 1999, has announced a restructuring programme. In some countries where the undertaking operates job cuts have already been announced. Have this group and/or its pre-merger constituent groups received any EU aid? If so, could the Commission give details of the amount and the conditions under which it was granted? Was such aid conditional on job creation? Is the Commission prepared to ask for it to be repaid? (2001/C 340 E/002) WRITTEN QUESTION E-0233/00 by Luigi Vinci (GUE/NGL) to the Commission (4 February 2000) Subject: Restructuring of the group ABB Alstom Power The management of the group ABB Alstom Power, which is the product of a merger of 30 June 1999, has announced that it is to undergo restructuring, involving job losses in some regions where the company has branches. The group ABB Alstom Power or the companies involved in the merger have benefited from Community aid. Will the Commission give details of the amounts and conditions involved and say whether this aid was conditional on jobs being created? Should it transpire that all the relevant conditions have not been met, will the Commission demand repayment of the aid granted to the group? Supplementary joint answer to Written Questions E-2665/99 and E-0233/00 given by Mr Barnier on behalf of the Commission (7 June 2001) The information received from the competent authorities in the various Member States shows that the ABB Alstom Power group has received the following Community aid