Uanset hvor der er anvendt national statsstøtte til denne omstrukturering, har Kommissionen været nødt til at udøve sit ansvar i henhold til traktaten og sikre, at de lige vilkår for skibsværfter i EU ikke blev fordrejet.
Wherever national State aid has been used for this restructuring, the Commission has had to exercise its responsibility under the Treaty to ensure that the level playing field among shipbuilders in the European Union was not distorted.