16.5.2007 Official Journal of the European Union L 128/43 (Acts adopted under the EC Treaty/Euratom Treaty whose publication is not obligatory) DECISIONS COMMISSION COMMISSION DECISION of 21 March 2007 on State aid scheme C 18/2006 (ex N 524/2005) (which Italy was planning to implement for small and micro enterprises) (notified under document number C(2007) 1175) (Only the Italian version is authentic) (Text with EEA relevance) (2007/335/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 those provisions (1), Whereas: I. PROCEDURE By letter of 18 October 2005 the Italian authorities notified the Commission of the above aid scheme. They provided the Commission with further information by letters of 20 December 2005, 13 March 2006 and 27 March 2006. The Commission requested additional infor- mation by letters of 10 November 2005 and 8 February 2006. () O] C 146, 22.6.2006, p. 18. 2 By letter of 16 May 2006, the Commission informed Italy that it had decided to initiate the procedure laid down in Article 88(2) of the EC Treaty in respect of the aid measure. The Commission decision to initiate the procedure was published in the Official Journal of the European Union (2). The Commission called on interested parties to submit their comments. Italy submitted its comments by letter of 23 June 2006, in which it announced its intention to submit further observations on a specific aspect. No interested parties submitted comments during the procedure. The Commission asked for supplementary information by letters of 21 September 2006 and 10 January 2007. By letter of 30 January 2007, registered as received by the Commission on 2 February 2007, Italy informed the Commission that the notified measure had been withdrawn. (®) See footnote 1.