L 22724 Official Journal of the European Communities 7.9.2000 (Acts whose publication is not obligatory) COMMISSION COMMISSION DECISION of 2 June 1999 concerning State aid granted by Italy to Seleco SpA (notified under document number C(1999) 1524) (Only the Italian text is authentic) (Text with EEA relevance) (2000/536/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, Whereas: I. PROCEDURE By letter registered as received on 30 March 1994, the autonomous region of Friuli-Venezia Giulia, acting in accordance with Article 88(3) of the Treaty, notified the Commission of Regional Law No 47/94 on special assis- tance for Seleco SpA, Pordenone (hereinafter referred to as ‘Seleco). By letters of 12 April and 26 July 1994, the Commis- sion asked the Italian authorities for further information. No reply was received to those letters. The Commission learned from press reports that the notified transaction had been carried out on 6 August 1994 before it had expressed its views. Accordingly, on 18 August 1994, the aid measure was deleted from the register of notified aid and entered in the register of non-notified aid under number NN 92/94. The Commission also learned that Ristrutturazione Elettronica SpA (hereinafter referred to as ‘REL’) had partially written off loans made to Seleco under an agreement concluded in 1994 to cover losses for the financial year 1993. In the absence of further information from the Italian authorities and in view of its doubts concerning the compatibility of the aid with the common market, the Commission decided on 27 September 1994 to initiate the Article 88(2) procedure. The Italian authorities were informed of the initiation of the procedure by letter of 10 October 1994. They presented their observations by letter of 27 March 1995. The Commission invited comments from other inter- ested parties by publishing a copy of its letter in the Official Journal of the European Communities (). No comments were received from third parties. By letters dated 26 October 1994, 30 January 1995, 19 April 1995, 7 July 1995, 25 August 1995 and 19 November 1996, the Commission asked the Italian authorities for more detailed information, which it received on 10 November 1994, 31 March 1995, 27 June 1995, 19 December 1995, 22 January 1996, 5 December 1996 and 11 February 1997 respectively. Further details were provided at a meeting held on 22 November 1995 between representatives of the Commission and the Italian Government. () O] C 373, 29.12.1994, p. 5.