Press Release: State aid: Commission opens in-depth investigation into proposed €52.7 million aid to Dell Products Poland

The European Commission opened an in-depth investigation under EC Treaty state aid rules into €52.7 million aid for a project of Dell Products Poland for the establishment of a new manufacturing plant in Łódź (Poland). The Commission had doubts as to its compatibility with the rules on regional aid for large investment projects and in particular needs to verify more closely the definition of the market for the products to be made at the plant, the extent of the increase in production capacity resulting from the investment and the extent to which demand for these products is in decline. The opening of an in-depth investigation gave interested parties the possibility to comment on the proposed measure. It does not prejudge the outcome of the procedure.