L 229/44 Official Journal of the European Communities 9.9.2000 II (Acts whose publication is not obligatory) COMMISSION COMMISSION DECISION of 14 March 2000 on State aid granted by Germany to Elpro AG and its successor companies (notified under document number C(2000) 808) (Only the German text is authentic) (Text with EEA relevance) (2000/537[EC) THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular the first subparagraph of Article 88(2) thereof, Having regard to the Agreement on the European Economic Area, and in particular Article 62(1)(a) thereof, Having called on interested parties to submit their comments pursuant to the provisions cited above (1), Whereas: I. PROCEDURE (1) By letter of 15 October 1996, registered as received on the same date, Germany notified the Commission of aid granted to Elpro AG/Berlin (Elpro). On 3 December 1996 it informed the Commission that, as additional aid would be granted, the notification would have to be amended, although it did not formally withdraw the notification. At a meeting held on 30 June 1997 in Berlin, the German authorities provided the Commission with further information. (2) By letter dated 9 October 1997, the Commission informed Germany that it had decided to initiate the procedure laid down in Article 88(2) of the EC Treaty in respect of the aid and called on it to provide all relevant information. The Commission decision to initiate the procedure was published in the Official Journal of the European Communities (), () O] C 99, 1.4.1998, p. 9, and O] C 84, 26.3.1999, p. 9. () See footnote 1.