L 208/36 Official Journal of the European Communities 18.8.2000 II (Acts whose publication is not obligatory) COMMISSION COMMISSION DECISION of 26 July 2000 relating to a proceeding pursuant to Article 86(3) of the EC Treaty (notified under document number C(2000) 2267) (Only the Spanish text is authentic) (Text with EEA relevance) (2000/521/EC) THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 86(3) and Article 82 thereof, Having given the Spanish authorities, Aeropuertos Espafioles y Navegacion Aérea (‘AENA’), Iberia Lineas Aéreas de Espafia (Iberia’), Aviacién y Comercio S.A. (‘Aviaco’) and Binter Canarias S.A. (Binter’) the opportunity to make known their views on the objections raised by the Commission regarding the system of discounts on landing fees in use at Spanish airports, Whereas: I. THE FACTS (a) The relevant state measure (1) In 1999, Spanish airports handled 63 million departing passengers, of which 32 million flew to intra-Community and 25 million to domestic destinations. All 41 Spanish airports, which are solely responsible for commercial traffic, are administered by AENA. (2)  According to the Spanish constitution, the Spanish Government is responsible for commercial airports for which there is a ‘general interest’. This ‘general interest’ has been declared to exist for all commercial airports in Spain. (3)  The Spanish airports' landing fees system, as well as its details, are set out by Royal Decrees 1064/1991 () and 1268/1994 (?) as well as by Article 83(3) of Law 41/1994 (the Finance Law (3)). (4)  Article 7 of Royal Decree 1064/1991 as amended by Article 1 of Royal Decree 1268/94, distin- guishes three categories of airports, which are managed by AENA, according to the importance of their traffic. (') BOE (Spanish Official Journal) No 163, 9.7.1991, p. 22730. () BOE (Spanish Official Journal) No 157, 2.7.1994, p. 21317. (*) BOE (Spanish Official Journal) No 312, 30.12.1994, p. 37510.