20.5.2000 Official Journal of the European Communities L 1201 (Acts whose publication is not obligatory) COMMISSION COMMISSION DECISION of 25 November 1998 on State aid granted by Italy to Enirisorse SpA (notified under document number C(1998) 3866) (Only the Italian text is authentic) (Text with EEA relevance) (2000/334/EC) THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular the first subparagraph of Article 93(2) thereof, Having called on interested parties to submit their comments pursuant to the provisions cited above (%), Whereas: By letter dated 13 January 1996 the Commission informed the Italian Government of its decision to initiate the Article 93(2) procedure in respect of aid granted in the form of a capital injection by ENI to the sub-holding Enirisorse SpA (hereinafter referred to as ‘Enirisorse’). Enirisorse was wholly owned by the Italian State holding company ENI, which in turn at the time of the events in question was controlled by the Italian Government through the Ministry of the Treasury, the majority shareholder. () 0J C 70, 6.3.1998, p. 5. Background By Decision 98/212/EC(*) the Commission terminated proceedings concerning the injection of capital into Enirisorse by ENI between 1992 and 1996. The capital injections, which were part of a restructuring plan, amounted to a total of ITL 1 819 billion. The Decision was notified to Italy by letter of 2 May 1997. In Decision 98/212/EC the Commission found that the capital injections amounting to ITL 1 819 billion were compatible with the common market and the EEA Agreement pursuant to Article 92(3)(c) of the EC Treaty and Article 61(3)(c) of the EEA Agreement, provided that the Italian Government complied with certain conditions. The main conditions, for the purposes of the present Decision, were as follows: — Italy was to honour the commitment to complete the restructuring plan by privatising the companies and production sites of Enirisorse and liquidating it completely by 31 December 1998, — the income from privatisation was to be used to cover any further liquidation costs, () OJ L 80, 18.3.1998, p. 32.