L 342(72 Official Journal of the European Union 24.12.2005 (Acts whose publication is not obligatory) COMMISSION COMMISSION DECISION of 1 October 2003 on the State aid implemented by Germany for Jahnke Stahlbau GmbH, Halle (notified under document number C(2003) 3375) (Only the German text is authentic) (Text with EEA relevance) (2005/940[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 By letter dated 30 December 1999, Germany informed the Commission of various aid measures for Jahnke Stahlbau GmbH, Halle (hereinafter Jahnke). The case was registered under NN 9/2000. By letter dated 2 March 2001, 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 the notified asset sale. The Commission’s decision was published in the Official Journal of the European () O] C 160, 2.6.2001, p. 2. Communities (?). The Commission called on interested parties to submit their comments. Pursuant to Article 10(3) of Council Regulation (EC) No 659/1999 of 22 March 1999 laying down detailed rules for the application of Article 93 of the EC Treaty (%), the Commission ordered Germany to submit all the infor- mation necessary to enable it to verify whether a conso- lidation loan from the Land of Saxony-Anhalt had been granted in accordance with an approved aid scheme. The Commission received no comments from interested parties. On 17 May 2001, 22 November 2002 and 17 January 2003 Germany submitted its comments on the opening of the procedure. On 17 January 2003, Germany informed the Commission that Jahnke had applied for insolvency. On 31 July 2003, Germany informed the Commission that Jahnke’s insolvency proceedings had been opened in February 2003. II. DESCRIPTION Jahnke is based in Halle, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Jahnke is a steel construction company. Saxony-Anhalt is an area eligible for regional aid pursuant to Article 87(3)(a) of the EC Treaty. () See footnote 1. () O] L 83, 27.3.1999, p. 1.