22.2.92 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 47/19 (Acts whose publication is not obligatory) COMMISSION COMMISSION DECISION of 24 April 1991 on aid granted by the Italian Government to the forestry, pulp, paper and board industry and financed by means of levies on paper, board and cellulose (Only the Italian text is authentic) (92/129/EEC) THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular the first subpara- graph of Article 93 (2) thereof, Having given notice in accordance with the above Article to interested parties to submit their comments, and having regard to those comments, Whereas : I The Ente nazionale per la cellulose e per la carta (ENCC) is a corporation under public law consisting of all produ- cers of paper and cellulose as well as undertakings using cellulose in Italy. It was founded by Law No 1453 of 13 June 1935. The ENCC has the statutory task of promoting the devel- opment of cellulose production in Italy ; of facilitating the production and use of indigenous raw materials for the production of cellulose ; of organizing the production and - sale of paper; of collecting and providing information concerning the production of cellulose and paper. The ENCC also channels aid linked, inter alia, to their consumption of newsprint, to publishers, notably to the press. The ENCC'’s activities are financed partly by means of levies charged on home-produced cellulose and on certain types of paper and board, as well as on similar imported products, and partly by means of funds provided directly by the Italian Government and earmarked for publishers. The conditions on which aid is granted through ENCC have repeatedly been altered. The Commission accepted these alterations only after verifying their compatibility with the common market. ' Thus, in November 1974, the Commission closed the procedure provided for in Article 93 (2) in respect of the ENCC'’s activities after being assured by the Italian Government that aid to consumers of Italian newsprint and newsprint imported by the ENCC would also be granted to publishers who import newsprint directly from other Member States ; that no aid would be granted for publications in languages other than Italian if such publi- cations were to be exported ; that research into paper- making would no longer be financed by the levy on imports from other Member States. In its letter to the Italian Government dated 20 November 1974, the Commission stated that, through these modifications, the aid had become compatible with the provisions in the Treaty concerning State aid. On 16 June 1976 the Commission adopted Decision 76/574/EEC (') on a new aid scheme for the press (Law No 172 of 6 June 1975), requiring the Italian Govern- ment to publish a notice stating that the aid would be () OJ No L 185, 9. 7. 1976, p. 32.