The Belgian authorities are not contesting VSL's classification as an undertaking in difficulty after 8 February 2012, the date on which the request for a judicial reorganisation was filed (which, as will be seen, is significant when analysing several of the measures in question).
Dans la décision d'ouverture, la Commission soulignait que la garantie de 150000 EUR a été accordée sans rémunération à une entreprise en difficulté, la CVSL étant alors en faillite.