Written question asked by Lord Redwood (Conservative) on Wednesday, 10 December 1997, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 22 December 1997. It was answered by Baroness Beckett (Labour) on Monday, 22 December 1997 on behalf of the Department of Trade and Industry.

Dept of Trade and Industry

Question: To ask the President of the Board of Trade, if she will raise objections in the Competition Directorate over French subsidies to Toyota. - (Holding answer 15 December 1997).

Answer: Mr. Redwood: To ask the President of the Board of Trade if she will raise objections in the Competition Directorate over French subsidies to Toyota. [20916] Mrs. Beckett: [holding answer 15 December 1997]: The Commission (DGIV) will examine any aid package to determine whether it is compatible with the State aid rules of the Treaty of Rome and the terms of the Motor Vehicles Framework. They have the power to reduce or reject aid which is not compatible. Provided the aid is compatible with the Framework there will be no grounds to object.

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