Ved at anmelde støtten anerkendte Grækenland, at investeringsplanen hovedsagelig vedrørte HSY's civile aktiviteter (dvs. skibsreparation og skibsbygning), fordi hvis planen havde vedrørt militære aktiviteter og havde været vigtig for den nationale sikkerhed, kunne Grækenland på daværende tidspunkt have påberåbt sig EF-traktatens artikel 296 og havde ikke behøvet at anmelde denne investeringsstøtte.
By notifying the aid, Greece acknowledged that the investment plan was mainly related to the civil activities of HSY (i.e. ship repair and ship building), because if the plan had been related to military activities and had been important for national security, Greece could have invoked Article 296 of the Treaty at the time and would not have had to notify this investment aid.