L 304/20 Official Journal of the European Communities 21.11.2001 COMMISSION COMMISSION DECISION of 25 April 2001 on the State aid implemented by Finland for Ojala-Yhtymi Oy (notified under document number C(2001) 1139) (Only the Finnish and Swedish texts are authentic) (Text with EEA relevance) (2001/803/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 ('), Whereas: I. PROCEDURE Finland notified the Commission of the abovementioned aid pursuant to Article 88(3) of the EC Treaty by letter dated 23 September 1999. The Commission requested additional information from Finland by letters dated 11 October 1999 and 8 December 1999. Finland replied by letters dated 12 November 1999 and 12 January 2000. According to the information received from Finland, part of the planned aid had already been granted to the company at the time of the notification. Therefore, the case was registered as non-notified aid. By letter dated 17 April 2000, the Commission informed Finland that it had decided to initiate the procedure laid down in Article 88(2) of the EC Treaty in respect of the aid. Finland submitted its comments by letters dated 17 May 2000 and 19 May 2000. Supple- () O] C 162, 10.6.2000, p. 9. mentary information was provided by letters dated 22 December 2000 and 20 March 2001. The Commission decision to initiate the procedure was published in the Official Journal of the European Communi- ties (}) The Commission invited interested parties to submit their comments on the aid. The Commission received no comments from interested parties. II. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE AID The assisted project in question is to locate a new aluminium pressure foundry in Haapajirvi to be built by Ojala-Yhtymid Oy. Haapajdrvi is classified as area 2 for 2000 to 2006 for regional aid. The production facility is to have the latest state-of-the-art technology, which is not in use anywhere else in the Nordic countries. The facility will produce various components using the aluminium pressure-casting method. It will have total capacity of [...] (*) and should be operational by the end of 2001 at the latest. Ojala-Yhtyma Oy is to employ 80 people by the end of 2001 and 100 people by the end of 2003. The investment started in 1999 and should be complete by the end of 2003. In 1998/1999 Ojala-Yhtymd Oy had a turnover of FIM 212 million (EUR 36 million) and made a profit of FIM 17 million (EUR 2,8 million). Finland accounts for around 95 % of the turnover. The company employed 260 people in 1999. (® See footnote 1. (*) Confidential information.