No L 20/30 Official Journal of the European Communities 22. 1. 87 (Acts whose publication is not obligatory) COMMISSION COMMISSION DECISION of 22 October 1986 concerning aid in Belgium in favour of the brewery equipment industry (Only the French and Dutch texts are authentic) (87/48/EEC) THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular the first subpara- graph of Article 93 (2) thereof, Having given notice in accordance with the above Article to interested parties to submit their comments and having regard to those comments, Whereas : I In 1984 the Belgian Government decided to set up the Société de Financement Technibra SA-via the public enterprise Société Régionale d’Investissement de Wallonie (SRIW). The purpose of Technibra, as described in the Annex to the Moniteur Belge of 10 November 1984, is the promo- tion of the cauldrons industry and more particularly the brewery materials industry, by taking shares in enterprises in this sector and by granting them financial means or assistance in the technical, commercial and managerial . fields. Technibra’s capital was set at Bfr 125 million, half of which was paid up by the Walloon Regional Authorities, who are now the only shareholders. One intervention by Technibra took place in 1984, in the form of a capital injection amounting to Bfr 50 million in favour of a manufacturer of brewery equipment at Tournai. This fact was reflected in the manufacturer’s accounts for that year. Neither the setting-up of Technibra SA nor its interven- tion in favour of the Tournai enterprise were notified to the Commission pursuant to Article 93 (3) of the EEC Treaty. . The Commission, having learnt of the setting up of Tech- nibra, and considering this to be similar to the institution of a sectoral aid scheme, requested detailed information from the Belgian Government by telex of 30 September 1985. The Belgian Government replied by telex of 21 November 1985 in which it confirmed the constitution of Technibra SA by the Belgian regional authorities and the capital injection of Technibra SA amounting to Bfr 50 million in favour of the Tournai enterprise, and stated that no other interventions of Technibra had taken place yet. The Commission decided on 29 January 1986 to initiate the procedure provided for in Article 93 (2) of the EEC Treaty with respect to the constitution of Technibra SA and its intervention in favour of the Tournai enterprise. The Commission considered the constitution. of Tech- nibra comparable to the introduction of a sectoral aid scheme, and the provision of capital to the Tournai enter- prise to constitute an aid falling under Article 92 (1) of the EEC Treaty. Neither the aid scheme nor the first application thereof appeared to satisfy the conditions necessary for applica- tion of one of the exceptions contained in Article 92 (2) and (3). By letter dated 7 February 1986, the Commission gave the Belgian Government notice to submit its observations.