{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2016-2041/article-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2016-2041/article-1.json",
  "legislation": "eudn/2016/2041",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Decision (EU) 2016/2041 of 20 January 2016 on State aid SA.33926 2013/C (ex 2013/NN, 2011/CP) granted by Belgium to Duferco (notified under document C(2016) 94) (Only the Dutch and French texts are authentic) (Text with EEA relevance)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2016-2041",
  "path": "article/1",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "The following measures, unlawfully implemented by Belgium in breach of Article 108(3) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, constitute State aid incompatible with the internal market:\n(a) sale of a stake in Duferco US Investment Corporation to Duferco Industrial Investment for EUR 11 581 700;\n(b) sale of a stake in Duferco Participations Holding Limited to [the company that controlled DPH at the time] for EUR 20 362 464;\n(c) purchase of a stake in Duferco Salvage Investments Holding, the beneficiary, for EUR [65-72 million].\n(d) loan to [the parent company of the Duferco Group at the time] for EUR 2 082 723 in principle, in so far as the interest rate applied to the loan is below than 3,502 %;\n(e) loan to Steel Invest & Finance for EUR 10 413 639 in principle, in so far as the interest rate applied to the loan is below 4,302 %;\n(f) purchase of a stake in Duferco Long Products, the beneficiary, for EUR 100 000 000 million.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2016/2041/article/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T15:13:46.400642+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}