L 306/26 Official Journal of the European Union 20.11.2009 I (Acts adopted under the EC Treaty/Euratom Treaty whose publication is not obligatory) DECISIONS COMMISSION COMMISSION DECISION of 26 November 2008 on State aid granted by Austria to the company Postbus in the Lienz district C 16/07 (ex NN 55/06) (notified under document C(2008) 7034) (Only the German text is authentic) (Text with EEA relevance) (2009/845/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 Articles cited above (1), Whereas: 2 () () () () 1. PROCEDURE By letters dated 2 August 2002 (3 and 23 August 2003 (%), a privately owned Austrian bus company filed a complaint with the Commission regarding alleged State aid granted in 2002 by the Tyrolean public transport authority  (Verkehrsverbund Tirol GmbH, hereinafter: Verkehrsverbund Tirol) to its publicly owned competitor Postbus AG (hereinafter Postbus). By letter dated 14 July 2005 (4, the Commission requested information from ) O] C 162, 14.7.2007, p. 19. Registered under Reference TREN (2002) A Registered under Reference TREN (2002) A/68846. #) Registered under Reference TREN (2005) D [63803. [113701. (6) () ©) () () ) Austria regarding this complaint. By letter dated 3 October 2005 (°), Austria provided the Commission with the information requested. By letter dated 30 May 2007 (°), the Commission informed Austria that it had decided to initiate the procedure laid down in Article 88(2) of the EC Treaty in respect of the measure in question. The Commission decision to initiate the procedure was published in the Official Journal of the European Union. The Commission invited third parties to submit their comments (7). Austria submitted its observations by letter dated 18 July 2007 (%) By letter dated 24 July 2007 (°) the complainant informed the Commission that it was no longer interested in pursuing the matter. The Commission received no comments from other third parties. %) Registered under Reference TREN (2006) A/15295. %) Registered under Reference C (2007) 2209 final. Cf. footnote 1. §) Registered under Reference TREN (2007) A/38864. %) Registered under Reference TREN (2007) A[39395.