10.10.2008 Official Journal of the European Union L 270/1 (Acts adopted under the EC Treaty/Euratom Treaty whose publication is not obligatory) DECISIONS COMMISSION COMMISSION DECISION of 11 December 2007 on the aid No C 7/06 (ex NN 83/05) implemented by Finland for Tieliikelaitos/Destia (notified under document number C(2007) 6073) (Only the Finnish and the Swedish version is authentic) (Text with EEA relevance) (2008/765EC) THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Commu- nity, 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, (!) and having regard to their comments, Whereas: 1. PROCEDURE (1)  On 22 February 2006, the Commission took a decision to open the formal investigation procedure (C(2006) 461 final) following several complaints by two Finnish industry associations, alleging that the Finnish authorities, during the process of divesting Tieliikelaitos from the Finnish national administration as a State enterprise, had violated a number of EC Treaty provisions, including those on State aids. (20 In a letter dated 23 February 2006, the Commission informed Finland of its decision to initiate the procedure, giving the Finnish authorities the opportunity to present their observations within a period of one month. () OJ C 274, 10.11.2006, p. 2. 3) In a letter dated 3 May 2006, the Commission transmitted a copy of the decision to initiate the procedure to the complainants, giving them the opportunity to provide comments on the decision within a period of one month. The Commission received Finland's response to the Commission’s decision to initiate the procedure with letter of 31 May 2006, after having twice prolonged the time period for submitting the reply. In a letter dated 22 June 2006, the complainants transmitted their comments on the Commission’s decision to initiate the procedure. The Commission transmitted these comments by letter of 6 July 2006 to the Finnish authorities, giving them an opportunity to respond within a period of one month. The Commission received Finland's response to the complainants’ comments by letter of 27 September 2006. Following the meeting of 7 September 2006 between the Finnish authorities and the Commission, additional infor- mation was submitted by the Finnish authorities on 6 February 2007. On 20 April 2007 the Commission sent to the Finnish authorities a letter requesting further clarifications. The response of the Finnish authorities was received on 22 May 2007.