11.3.2008 Official Journal of the European Union L 673 (Acts adopted under the EC Treaty/Euratom Treaty whose publication is not obligatory) DECISIONS COMMISSION COMMISSION DECISION of 18 July 2007 on State aid C 27/2004 which the Czech Republic has implemented for GE Capital Bank a.s. and GE Capital International Holdings Corporation, USA (notified under document number C(2007) 1965) (Only the Czech text is authentic) (Text with EEA relevance) (2008/214[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 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 in view of these comments, Whereas: 1. PROCEDURE (1) On 18 December 2003, the Commission received a noti- fication concerning measures for the benefit of Agrobanka, Praha as. (AGB) and GE Capital Bank, as. (') (GECB), under the procedure regarding aid (') Since 17 January 2005 renamed GE Money Bank, a. measures (interim mechanism) provided for in Annex IV.3 of the Act concerning the conditions of accession of the Czech Republic, the Republic of Estonia, the Republic of Cyprus, the Republic of Latvia, the Republic of Lithuania, the Republic of Hungary, the Republic of Malta, the Republic of Poland, the Republic of Slovenia, the Slovak Republic and the Adjustments to the Treaties on which the European Union is founded (3), signed on 16 April 2003 (Act of Accession). (2) By letter received by the Commission on 30 April 2004, the Czech Republic withdrew the notification; on the same day the Czech Republic submitted a new notifi- cation concerning the same subject. (3) By Decision dated 14 July 2004, the Commission declared that most of the notified measures were not applicable after accession but opened proceedings under Article 88(2) EC on other measures, given that the latter were considered being applicable after accession and raised serious doubts as to their compatibility with the common market. The Commission Decision to initiate the procedure was published in the Official Journal of the European Union (3). The Commission invited interested parties to submit their comments. () OJ L 236, 23.9.2003, p. 23. The Czech version was published in a special edition of the Official Journal of the European Union of 23.9.2003. () OJ C 292, 30.11.2004, p. 3. Corrigendum published in O] C 10, 14.1.2005, p. 9.