L 353/60 Official Journal of the European Union 13.12.2006 COMMISSION DECISION of 7 June 2006 on State Aid No C 8/2005 (ex N 451/2004) which Germany is planning to implement for Nordbrandenburger UmesterungsWerke (notified under document number C(2006) 2088) (Only the German version is authentic) (Text with EEA relevance) (2006/904/EC) THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Commu- nity, 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 provision(s) cited above (1), Whereas: 1. PROCEDURE (1) By letter dated 11 October 2004, registered as received on 12 October 2004, Germany informed the Commission of its intention to implement a regional aid measure for NUW Nordbrandenburger UmesterungsWerke. The aid was registered as notified aid number N 451/2004. In response to a Commisison request for information sent on 6 November 2004, Germany submitted further informa- tion on 16 December 2004. (2) By letter dated 16 February 2005 the Commission informed Germany that it had decided to initiate the procedure laid down in Article 88(2) of the Treaty in respect of the aid. (3) The Commission’s decision to initiate the procedure was published in the Official Journal of the European Union (). Interested parties were invited to submit their comments on the aid measure. (4) By letter dated 22 March 2005, registered as received on 23 March 2005, Germany replied to the initiation of proceedings and submitted comprehensive additional information to the Commission. (5 The Commission received no comments from interested parties. ) O] C 27, 27.1.2001, p. 44. () O] C 86, 8.4.2005, p. 2. — (6) (8) (10) ) As a result of its own investigations the Commission established that the information provided by Germany was not complete and by letter dated 8 November 2005 it sent further questions to Germany. Germany replied on 13 January 2006 and submitted further information. 2. DESCRIPTION OF THE AID 21 The recipient and the project The recipient of the aid is NUW Nordbrandenburger UmesterungsWerke GmbH & Co. KG (NUW’), located in Schwedt, in the Land of Brandenburg, Germany, an assisted area pursuant to Article 87(3)(a) of the Treaty. NUW was established on 4 May 2004. Before the implementation of the planned investment it will not carry out any operational activities. Consequently, in October 2004 NUW did not yet have any full-time or part-time employees. NUW intends to build and operate in Schwedt a manufacturing plant for biodiesel with an expected annual capacity of 130 000 tonnes and eligible investment costs of EUR 41,84 million. It will mainly deliver to PCK Raffinerie GmbH Schwedt (PCK’), whose equipment is currently being prepared for the further processing of biofuels. 2.2 The financial measures The Land of Brandenburg wants to grant NUW state aid, under schemes approved by the Commission, of 50 % of the eligible cost with a total aid amount of up to EUR 20,92 million. The aid will be provided in the form of a direct investment grant of EUR 14,204 million and in the form of an investment premium of EUR 6,716 million on the basis of the joint Federal Government/Lander scheme for improving regional economic structures (in original language: ‘Gemeinschaftsaufgabe Verbesserung der regionalen Wirtschafts- struktur) (°) (hereinafter referred to as the GA scheme) and under the aid scheme entitled ‘Investment premium for ‘Gesetz iiber die Gemeinschaftsaufgabe (GA) 'Verbesserung der regionalen Wirtschaftsstruktur’ vom 6. Oktober 1969 in Verbindung mit den einschligigen Bestimmungen von Teil 1I des 31. Rahmen- plans zur GA, the latest prolongation approved by Commission decision under the number N 642/02 on 1.10.2003, O] C 284, 27.11.2003, p. 2.