EU: the Commission will closely examine a state help project to train Vauxhall Motors’ employees

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11 July 2007 à 14h35

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The Directorates-General in charge of Competition at the European Commission will examine if Great Britain's aid project to train Vauxhall's employees, evaluated at 12.5 million euros, is in accordance to competition's common rules. (Ref. 070627)
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Vauxhall Motors (subsidiary of General Motors) took, in a few years, several measures in favour of the training of employees working at the Ellesmere Port factory in Great Britain, which employs about 2.200 people. As an extension of these measures, Vauxhall considered establishing a comprehensive staff training programme for its personnel during the 2007-2012 period. British authorities, who intend to fund this training program up to 12.5 million euros, gave the Commission notice of this plan

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