L 119/46 Official Journal of the European Union 23.4.2004 COMMISSION DECISION of 10 December 2003 on the State aid which the Campania region of Italy has granted to the agricultural sector (notified under document number C(2003) 4469) (Only the Italian text is authentic) (2004/341/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 called on interested parties to submit their comments pursuant to that Article (!), and having regard to their comments, Whereas: I. PROCEDURE By letter dated 31 October 1994, registered as received on 4 November 1994, Italy notified the Commission in accordance with Article 88(3) of the EC Treaty of the aid provided for in Regional Law (Campania) No 24 of 12 August 1993 governing, promoting and developing organic agriculture in Campania. The law, initially registered under number N 645/94, was later entered in the register of non-notified aids under number NN 140/94, the Commission having noted that the law had already been adopted and had entered into force without a suspension clause. By letter dated 27 July 1995 (SG(95) D/10012), the Commission informed Italy that it had decided to initiate the procedure laid down in Article 88(2) of the EC Treaty in respect of the aid measure concerned. The Commission decision to initiate the procedure was published in the Official Journal of the European Communities (%). The Commission called on interested parties to submit their comments. () O] C 292, 7.11.1995, p. 14. (?) Cf. footnote 1. () The Commission received comments from Italy in a letter dated 29 September 1995, registered on 3 October 1995. Comments were received from the Permanent Representative of Denmark to the European Union by letter of 6 December 1995, registered on the same day. These comments were forwarded to Italy by letter No VI/001809 of 8 January 1996 and Italy was given the opportunity to react. No reaction to these comments was received from Italy. By telex No VI/29692 of 22 July 1996, the Commission invited the Italian authorities to clarify the comments they had submitted at the start of the procedure in their letter of 29 September 1995, registered as received on 3 October 1995. The Commission received no reply to that telex. With a view to concluding examination of the file, by telex AGR 021605 of 7 August 2003 the Commission sent the Italian authorities a reminder, asking them to provide a reply to the previous telex No VI/29692 of 22 July 1996. The Commission has received no reply. II. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE AID The regional law under examination lays down rules governing the promotion and introduction of organic farming techniques at regional level. The only aid measure provided for therein involves a grant for switching to organic production (Article 19 of Regional Law No 24/93) which is intended to offset losses of income suffered by farmers when switching from traditional farming to organic farming methods as referred to in Regulation (EEC) No 2092/91, over a maximum of four years. The assistance covers up to 75 % of such losses.