4.2.2000 Official Journal of the European Communities L 30/25 COMMISSION DECISION of 20 July 1999 on State Aid granted by Germany to SKET Maschinen- und Anlagenbau GmbH (notified under document number C(1999) 2538) (Only the German version is authentic) (Text with EEA relevance) (2000/75[EC) THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular the first subparagraph of Article 88(2) 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 (1) pursuant to Article 88(2) of the EC Treaty and Article 6(1) of Council Regulation (EC) No 659/1999 of 22 March 1999 laying down detailed rules for the application of Article 93 of the EC Treaty (2), Whereas: (1)  SKET Maschinen- und Anlagenbau GmbH (SKET MAB’) is an economic successor to SKET Schwermaschinenbau Magdeburg GmbH, Magdeburg (SKET SMM). On 15 March 1995 the Commission decided to initiate the formal investigation procedure in respect of State Aid granted to SKET SMM(®). The proceedings also concerned SKET SMM subsidiaries Entstaubungstechnik Magdeburg ~ GmbH,  Magdeburg  (ETM)  and Drahtziehmaschinenwerk  Griina GmbH, Chemnitz (DZM). SKET SMM had received the aid in question before, and in the course of, its privatisation and restructuring. Prior to that, SKET SMM had already been granted aid to which the Commission had not objected (NN 46/93 and NN 95/93). The proceedings were given the number C 16/95. (2)  On 30 July 1996 the Commission decided to extend the C 16/95 proceedings to include the State Aid paid since the date of the initiation decision and not covered by that decision (*). The investors (Oestmann & Borchert () 0] C79,14.3.1998, p. 4. () OJ L 83,27.3.1999, p. 1. () 0] C 215, 19.8.1995, p. 8; OJ C 298, 9.10.1996, p. 2. () 0J C 298, 9.10.1996, p. 2. Industriebeteiligungen GbR) had withdrawn from the restructuring plan at the end of 1995, and the Commission had been notified of a new plan with additional aid measures. The new plan envisaged, inter alia, setting up several successor companies to operate the profitable parts of SKET SMM which could be salvaged from the bankrupt company. SKET MAB was one of these successor companies. (3) In October 1996 SKET SMM was forced to file for Gesamtvollstreckungsverfahren  proceedings  (insolvency proceedings in the new Lander). The plan which had formed the subject of the initial decision of 30 July had not restored SKET SMM to viability. On 26 June 1997 the Commission adopted the negative final Decision 97/765/EC (°) with regard to the aid for SKET SMM. The insolvency proceedings did not apply to the two subsidiaries ETM and DZM, which were transferred to the Bundesanstalt fiir vereinigungsbedingte Sonderaufgaben (BvS" — the Federal Office for Special Unification- related Tasks). Decision 97/765/EC terminated case C 16/95 only in respect of that part of SKET SMM which was covered by the insolvency proceedings. The case was therefore split into three separate parts as follows: C 16A/95 for SKET SMM, C 16B/95 for ETM and C 16C[95 for DZM. (@) To reflect the new reality that SKET SMM's successor companies were taking independent courses of action, each of them was allocated a different case number. SKET MAB was given the number NN 122/97. This decision relates only to SKET MAB. (5 On 21 October 1997 the Commission decided to initiate the Article 88(2) procedure in respect of aid granted to SKET MAB, and the file was given the number C 69/97. By letter dated 10 November (SG(97) D9269) the Commission advised the German authorities of its decision. The letter was published in the Official Journal of the European Communities on 14 March 1998 (%). Although interested parties were invited to submit comments, none were received. () OJ L 314, 8.11.1997, p. 20. (®) 0] C 79, 14.3.1998, p. 4.