Mr. Filip Cornelis:

We have a common state aid regime in the EU. What is fixed at EU level is the framework within which the rules of the game and aid can be provided. The actual decision to provide aid to a specific company, or to put in place a specific scheme into which several companies can tap, is a purely national decision. From the European Commission's side, we cannot force any member state to give aid or to put in place a scheme. It is a combination. Many aid schemes have to be notified to the Commission and approved by it. The Commission checks whether the notification conforms with the framework established at EU level. This goes very quickly, by the way.