The European Commission has decided that the state aid offered to Digital Equipment Corp at its Scottish plant in Ayr conforms with Community rules, the Irish Department of Enterprise & Employment has had to admit: in a letter to the department, Brussels said The Commission, with regard to information provided by the UK authorities, considers the regional aid granted to the Ayr plant is in conformity with Community rules and the aid received is within the limits approved by the Commission for this region; the Irish government had asked for a review of state aid to DEC after it decided to transfer some operations from Galway to Ayr.
