European Parliament 24 January 2002, WRITTEN QUESTION E-0089/02 by Erik Meijer (GUE/NGL) to the Commission. Adverse impact of the use of the euro as a parallel domestic currency for the purchase of luxury services and durable consumer goods.

4. The information provided by the Member of the provincial parliament has helped the Commission to ask precise information on aspects of the case on which the Dutch authorities had initially not given full information. It appeared that the Dutch authorities did not consider a number of measures as State aid in the meaning of Article 87.1 of the EC Treaty.