Kommissionen fandt endvidere, at de belgiske myndigheders anvendelse af deminimis-reglen indebar misbrug, bl.a. fordi den giver virksomheder, der ikke er omfattet af denne regel(transport, landbrug, kul og stål), mulighed for at nyde gavn heraf.
Moreover, the application bythe Belgian authorities of the de minimis rule appeared to the Commission to be incorrect in that itpermitted firms in the excluded sectors (transport, agriculture, coal and steel) to benefit from the rule.