L 271/50 Official Journal of the European Union 18.10.2011 (Acts adopted before 1 December 2009 under the EC Treaty, the EU Treaty and the Euratom Treaty) COMMISSION DECISION of 21 December 2005 concerning a restructuring plan for the Spanish coal industry and State aid for the years 2003-2005, implemented by Spain for 2003 and 2004 (notified under document C(2005) 5410) (Only the Spanish text is authentic) (Text with EEA relevance) (2011/693/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 called on interested parties to submit their comments pursuant to the aforementioned Article (') and having regard to their comments, Whereas: 1. PROCEDURE By letter of 19 December 2002, Spain notified the Commission, in accordance with Article 88(3) of the Treaty, under the terms of Council Regulation (EC) No 1407/2002 of 23 July 2002 on State aid to the coal industry (3, of a restructuring plan concerning the Spanish coal industry. By letters of 19 February 2003, and 31 July 2003, the Commission requested additional information. Spain submitted additional information by letters of 18 April 2003 and 3 October 2003. By letter of 16 June 2003, Spain submitted the Minis- terial Order ECO 768/2003 of 17 March 2003 concerning the granting of financial support to the coal undertakings for 2003. () OJ C 182, 15.7.2004, p. 3. (®) OJ L 205, 2.8.2002, p. 1. Regulation as amended by the 2003 Act of Accession. S (10) By letter of 8 August 2003, Spain submitted, under the terms of Regulation (EC) No 1407/2002, the amounts of aid per coal-mining company to be granted for 2003. By letters of 18 August 2003 and 18 September 2003 Spain submitted information concerning the production cost of the production units, under the terms of the Commission Decision 2002/871/EC of 17 October 2002 establishing a joint framework for the communi- cation of information needed for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 1407/2002 on State aid to the coal industry (3). By letter of 10 February 2004 Spain submitted the Minis- terial Order concerning the granting of financial support to the coal undertakings for the year 2004. By letter of 30 March 2004 the Commission informed Spain that, having examined the information supplied by the Spanish authorities, it had decided to initiate the procedure laid down in Article 88(2) of the EC Treaty. The decision was published in the Official Journal of the European Union (*). By letters of 30 June 2004 and 16 July 2004 Spain provided additional information about the restructuring plan. By letter of 19 February 2005 Spain submitted the Minis- terial Order concerning the granting of financial support to the coal undertakings for the year 2005. By letter of 7 September 2005 the Commission requested additional information. Spain replied by letter of 20 October 2005 and provided additional information about the restructuring plan. () O] L 300, 5.11.2002, p. 42. () See footnote 1.