# Commission Decision (EU) 2015/657 of 5 February 2013 on State aid granted by Germany and Austria to Bayerische Landesbank (Case SA.28487 (C 16/09, ex N 254/09)) (notified under document C(2013) 507) (Only the German text is authentic) (Text with EEA relevance), Division 19

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

[Restriction of external growth] There will be no expansion of business activities through the acquisition of control over other firms with a sales price of more than EUR [0-2 million] without the Commission's approval (‘no external growth’). Debt-to-equity swaps and other routine credit management measures are not considered to be an expansion of business activities unless carried out with the intention of circumventing the restriction of growth referred to in the first sentence.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2015/657/annex/I/division/D/division/19 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2015-657/annex-I/division-D/division-19
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