L 68 Official Journal of the European Union 9.1.2010 DECISIONS COMMISSION DECISION of 5 January 2010 exempting certain financial services in the postal sector in Italy from the application of Directive 2004/17|EC of the European Parliament and of the Council coordinating the procurement procedures of entities operating in the water, energy, transport and postal services sectors (notified under document C(2009) 10382) (Only the Italian text is authentic) (Text with EEA relevance) (2010/12/EU) THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION, Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, Having regard to Directive 2004/17/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 31 March 2004 coordinating the procurement procedures of entities operating in the water, energy, transport and postal services sectors (1), and in particular Article 30(4) and (6) thereof, Having regard to the four requests submitted by the Italian Republic by e-mail received on 8 July 2009, After consulting the Advisory Committee for Public Contracts, Whereas: I. FACTS (1)  On 8 July 2009, the Commission received four Italian requests pursuant to Article 30(4) of Directive 2004/17[EC, transmitted to the Commission by e-mail. The Commission requested additional information by e-mail of 24 September 2009, which, following a prolongation of the initial deadline, was transmitted by the Italian authorities by e-mail of 16.10.2009. (2)  The requests submitted by the Italian Republic on behalf of Poste Italiane SpA (in the following referred to as ‘Poste’) concern various financial services provided by () O] L 134, 30.4.2004, p. 1. Poste. In their turn, each of the four separate requests pursuant to Article 30(4) concerns various financial services that have been grouped under four different headings. In the requests, these services are described as follows: (@) Collection of savings from the public through a current account (in the following referred to as ‘savings’). (b) Lending on behalf of banks and accredited financial intermediaries (in the following referred to as ‘financing’). As described, this group of services would notably cover Poste’s acting as a distributor of third party — lending (in particular mortgages and loans), — consumer credit, and — financial leasing. (0) Investment services and activities (in the following referred to as ‘investments). Besides custody and management of financial instruments, this group of services is described as covering the downstream (distribution) phase for: — the placement of financial instruments (bonds in particular), and