L 27)24 Official Journal of the European Union 1.2.2011 DECISIONS COMMISSION DECISION of 27 January 2010 on State aid C 12/08 (ex NN 74/07) — Slovakia — Agreement between Bratislava Airport and Ryanair (notified under document C(2010) 183) (Only the Slovak text is authentic) (Text with EEA relevance) (2011/60/EU) THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION, Having regard to the Treaty on European Union and to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular the first subparagraph of Article 108(2) of the latter (1), 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 above Articles (%), and having regard to these comments, Whereas: 1. PROCEDURE (1) By letter dated 11 March 2008, the Commission informed the Slovak Republic of its decision to initiate the procedure provided for in Article 108(2) TFEU (ex Article 88(2) of the EC Treaty) with regard to the Agreement between Bratislava Airport and Ryanair (here- inafter: the ‘Agreement’ or the ‘Ryanair agreement’), and that it had at the same time decided to issue an information injunction according to the provisions of Article 10(3) of Council Regulation (EC) No 659/1999 of 22 March 1999 laying down detailed rules for the application of Article 93 of the EC Treaty () (now Article 108 TFEU) (hereinafter: ‘Procedural Regulation) with respect to all documents, data and information necessary for the Commission to be able to assess the (") With effect from 1 December 2009, Articles 87 and 88 of the EC Treaty have become Articles 107 and 108, respectively, of the TFEU. The two sets of provisions are, in substance, identical. For the purposes of this Decision, references to Articles 107 and 108 TFEU should be understood as references to Articles 87 and 88, respectively, of the EC Treaty where appropriate. () OJ C 173, 8.7.2008, p. 9. () O] L 83, 27.3.1999, p. 1. measure in question. On 11 June 2008, Slovakia trans- mitted its comments on the initiation of the procedure to the Commission. (20 The Commission’s decision to initiate the procedure and to issue the information injunction was published in the Official Journal of the European Union (*). The Commission invited interested parties to submit their comments on the measure in question within 1 month of the publication date. (3)  The Commission received comments on the subject from two interested parties. It transmitted the comments to Slovakia by electronic mail on 11 September 2008. Slovakia was given the opportunity to respond to these comments. At the request of the Slovak authorities, a meeting took place on 26 November 2008. The Commission  received ~ Slovakia's  observations by electronic mail dated 17 December 2008. 2. GROUNDS FOR INITIATING THE PROCEDURE () In its decision to open the procedure, the Commission noted that Letisko M. R. Stefinika — Airport Bratislava, ass. (hereinafter: ‘BTS’ or the ‘Airport) is the principal international airport of the Slovak Republic. The share- holders of BTS are currently the Ministry of Transport, Posts and Telecommunications of the Slovak Republic (34 %) and the National Property Fund of the Slovak Republic (°) (hereinafter the ‘National Property Fund) (66 %). () See footnote 2. (°) The National Property Fund is a legal entity established in 1991 pursuant to Act of the National Council No 253/1991 on the scope of activities by organisations in the Slovak Republic in matters involving the transfer of state property to other persons and on the National Property Fund of the Slovak Republic (for detailed information see http://www.natfund.gov.sk/). The purpose of its existence and its main activity is to transfer State property identified for privatisation to non-State entities. The Fund is under the direct supervision of the National Council of the Slovak Republic, to which the Fund’s budget is submitted for approval, along with proposals for the use of the Fund’s property pursuant to Article 28(3)(b) of the Act, annual financial statements and the annual report on the Fund’s activities.