No L 143/44 Official Journal of the European Communities 26. 5. 89 (Acts whose publication is not obligatory) COMMISSION COMMISSION DECISION of 23 November 1988 on aid granted by the French Government to an undertaking manufacturing equipment for the motor vehicle industry — Valéo (Only the French text is authentic) (89/348/EEC) THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular the first subparagraph of Article 93 (2) thereof, Having given notice to the parties concerned to submit their comments, as provided for in the said Article 93, and having regard to such comments, Whereas : By letter dated 28 June 1985, registered on 3 July 1985, the French Government sent the Commission information concerning the granting of aid to a manufacturer of equipment for the motor vehicle industry. The aid, granted in the form of an FIM (fonds industriel de modernisation — industrial modernization fund) loan amounting to FF 160 million, was intended to help finance a FF 227 480 000 investment programme which the undertaking planned to carry out in 1984 and 1985 with a view to introducing advanced production processes and technology for the manufacture of new products. The investment projects are as follows : — heating and cooling systems : development of more efficient radiators to meet the requirements of European motor  vehicle manufacturers  and simultaneous design of the production process (FF 34 185 000), ' — friction materials : design of products meeting the new asbestos-free manufacturing standards imposed by statutory rules or by private agreements and adjustment of the manufacturing processes (FF 19 050 000), — motors and applications thereof : modification of front and rear windscreen-wiper motors, of cooling systems and motors and automation of production facilities (FF 31 960 000), — lighting systems : design of a.new type of headlight using new technology (replacing metal technology by plastics technology) involving total conversion of production plant (FF 23 835 000), — clutches : launch of totally new product — pull-type clutches for heavy vehicles — with robotization of manufacture as part of a complete reorganization of production management (FF 39 450 000), — intangible investment in the various branches : (FF 22 300 000), — investment in CAD (computer-assisted design): (FF 45 500 000), — investment in CAPM (computer-assisted production management) : (FF 11 200 000). In its Decision 85/378/EEC ('), the Commission made it clear that FIM loans constitute aid within the meaning of Article 92 (1) of the EEC Treaty, and it made the granting of such loans subject to the requirement that all significant cases be notified in advance. () OJ No L 216, 13. 8. 1985, p. 12.