No L 85/22 Official Journal of the European Communities 6. 4. 93 COMMISSION COMMISSION DECISION of 23 December 1592 on the aid granted for the creation of industrial enterprises in Modane, Savoy (France), considered in the light of Articles 92 and 94 of the EEC Treaty (Only the French text is authentic) (93/193/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 to the parties concerned to submit their comments, in accordance with the same provision, and having regard to those comments, Whereas : Following a written question (No 2832/91), which Mr Mauro Chiabrando, Member of the European Par- liament, put to the Commission on 11 November 1991, the Commission sent the French Government a request for information on aid which appeared to have been granted to industrial enterprises setting up in Modane, Savoy ('). The Commission received no reply, and accordingly it sent a reminder by letter No 437 of 5 February 1992. The French authorities sent the Commission an interim answer dated 17 February 1992, which was followed by a full answer dated 9 April 1992. The information provided was incomplete, and too vague to enable the Commission to check whether the aid was compatible with Articles 92 and 93 of the EEC Treaty; on 14 April 1992, therefore, the Commission decided to (") Letter to the Office of the French Permanent Representative No 4487, 16 December 1991. initiate proceedings under Article 93 (2) of the EEC Treaty to examine the measures in question. The French authorities were informed accordingly, by letter dated 28 April 1992, and the other Member States and interested parties were informed by means of a notice published in the Official Journal (3). The French authorities gave an initial reply by letter dated 14 May 1992. On 3 August 1992 they asked to be allowed two months to complete the reply ; they sent the Commission their definitive reply on 16 November 1992. II In his written question to the Commission Mr Chia- brando described the following arrangements, which he understood applied to enterprises setting up in Modane : 1. a reduction on electricity prices, granted by the re- gional council of Savoy, of up to 25 % of the cost for a maximum of -five years ; 2. tax exemptions ; 3. recruitment and training aid; 4. financial aid ; — for land development on favourable and negotiable terms, — for the construction of buildings for lease, rental or sale ; 5. grants from the département and region intended substantially to reduce the cost of these buildings. In their letters of 14 May and 16 November 1992 the French authorities provided clarification and argument in support of their position on points 2 to 5 above. () OJ No C 149, 13. 6. 1992, p. 4.