7By letter of 29 October 1998, the Commission informed the Austrian Government of its decision of 14 October 1998 to initiate the procedure laid down in Article 93 (2) of the EC Treaty (now Article 88(2) EC) in respect of various measures adopted by the Austrian authorities in favour of LLG (hereinafter ‘the decision to initiate the procedure’). The measures in question consisted of State guarantees for subsidies and loans amounting to EUR 50.3 million, an advantageous price of EUR 4.4 per square metre for 120 hectares of industrial land and guarantees of fixed prices for basic communal services for 30 years. The Commission enjoined the Austrian Government, in accordance with the principles stated by the Court in Joined Cases C-324/90 and C-342/90 Germany and Pleuger Worthington v Commission [1994] ECRI-1173, to furnish it with certain information in order that it might examine the compatibility of those measures with the common market.
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