L 61/76 Official Journal of the European Union 27.2.2004 COMMISSION DECISION of 15 October 2003 on a proposal by Portugal to grant aid to Vila Galé — Cintra Internacional, Investimentos Turisticos, SA (notified under document number C(2003) 3376) (Only the Portuguese text is authentic) (Text with EEA relevance) (2004/168/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 No 521 dated 21 February 2002 from their Permanent Representation, registered as received by the Commission on 27 February, the Portuguese authorities notified the Commission of the proposed aid for Vila Galé — Cintra Internacional, Investimentos Turisticos, SA. By letter No 1167 dated 22 April 2002 from their Permanent Representation, registered as received by the Commission on 25 April, they provided the Commission with further information. By letter No SG(2002) D/230500 dated 4 July 2002, the Commission informed the Portuguese Republic of its decision to initiate the procedure laid down in Article 88(2) of the EC Treaty in respect of the aid. By letters Nos 2183 dated 24 July 2002, 2278 dated 6 August 2002 and 2163 dated 7 July 2003 from their Permanent Representation (registered as received on 29 July 2002, 12 August 2002 and 10 July 2003 respectively), the Portuguese authorities presented their observations under the abovementioned procedure. () OJ C 253, 22.10.2002, p. 5. 4 The Commission decision to initiate the procedure was published in the Official Journal of the European Communities of 22 October 2002 (?). The Commission called on interested parties to submit their comments on the aid within one month of that date. The Commission received no comments from interested parties. II. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE AID The investment and the objective The notified measure consists in the granting of aid to Vila Galé — Cintra Internacional — Investimentos Turisticos, SA (hereinafter Vila Galé Cintra) to finance in part the costs incurred by the enterprise in acquiring and refurbishing an unfinished building located in the State of Ceard (Brazil). The building was acquired on 29 September 2000 and was transformed into a five-star hotel that was opened in October 2001 and is now fully operational. The present measure consists of an individual application in respect of two schemes. One is measure N 667/1999 (), which covers the period 2000-2006 and is aimed at promoting modern and competitive entrepreneurial strategies. The individual application notified falls into one of the specific investment categories of this scheme, namely investments related to the internationalisation of economic agents. The second scheme is measure N  96/1999 (*) promoting () See footnote 4. () Approved by the Commission on 26 July 2000 (O] C 266, 16.9.2000, p. 7). (%) Approved by the Commission on 8 September 1999 (O] C 375, 24.12.1999, p. 5).