3. 10. 92 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 288/25 (Acts whose publication is not obligatory) COMMISSION COMMISSION DECISION of 24 June 1992 concerning aid provided by the Brussels Regional Authorities (Belgium) in favour of the activities of Siemens SA in the data-processing and telecommunications sectors (Only the French and Dutch texts are authentic) (92/483/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 interested parties to submit their comments in accordance with the above Article, Whereas, I ' In March 1991 the Belgian press published information reporting that the Belgian Audit Court had raised objec- tions to the payment by the Government of the Region of Brussels of a series of aid awards to Siemens SA on the grounds that they had been granted in violation of the provisions of the aid scheme in question, ie. the Economic Expansion Law of 17 July 1959 (EEL)()). Consequently, by letter of 16 April 1991 the Commission requested the Belgian authorities to provide all relevant information. By letter of 17 May 1991 the Belgian authorities informed the Commission that, in fact, successive Governments of the Region of Brussels had been in dispute with the Belgian Audit Court on the accordance to the provisions of the abovementioned EEL of a series of 17 awards of subsidies decided over the period November 1985 to January 1988, in favour of 17 investment projects of Siemens SA in Brussels. According to the information initially submitted by the Belgian authorities, the subsidies totalled Bfr 336 million in favour of investment projects whose budget amounted . to Bfr 2 559 million, the net-grant equivalent (NGE) of ' the individual awards ranging from 12 % to 13.5 %. The table below summarizes the information submit- ted () : o : Table I - Investment budget No of projects Aid granted (Bfr) < ECU 1 million 5,8 million ECU 2-3 million 3 45,8 million > ECU 3 million 13 2844 million Total Bfr 2 559 million 17 336,0 million (") By decision of 18 July 1990 the Commission d!l.u'oposed to the Belgian Government the - termination of the general aid scheme established by the Law of 17 July 1959. (%) For the sake of simplicity the projects have been grouped in three categories according to their investment budget in mil- lion ecu. The table gives the added value in Bfr of both invest- ment and aid under each category.