L 108/8 Official Journal of the European Union 30.4.2003 COMMISSION DECISION of 27 November 2002 on the State aid implemented by Germany for Doppstadt GmbH (notified under document number C(2002) 4482) (Only the German text is authentic) (Text with EEA relevance) (2003/282[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 By letter dated 5 October 1999, Germany notified the Commission pursuant to Article 88(3) of the EC Treaty of restructuring aid for the privatisation of former LandTechnik Schénebeck GmbH to Mr Ferdinand Doppstadt. The company was renamed Doppstadt GmbH in May 1999. By letter dated 1 August 2000, the Commission informed Germany that it had decided to initiate the procedure laid down in Article 88(2) of the EC Treaty in respect of the aid. The Commission decision to initiate the procedure was published in the Official Journal of the European Communities (?). The Commission invited interested parties to submit their comments on the aid. The Commission received no comments from interested parties. () OJ C 278, 30.9.2000, p. 17. (3 See footnote 1. ©) 0) Doppstadt  GmbH is a  hive-off  vehicle (Auffanggesellschaft), which arose out of the former LandTechnik  Schonebeck GmbH  (LTS) and its wholly-owned  subsidiary ~ GS  Fahrzeug-  und Systemtechnik GmbH. LTS belonged to a group of eight former eastern German companies, from which, under the initial privatisation in 1994, the EFBE Verwaltungs GmbH & Co Management KG, now Lintra Beteiligungsholding GmbH, emerged. Since the original privatisation plan failed in December 1996, the Federal Agency for Special Tasks associated with unification (BvS: Bundesanstalt fur vereingungsbedingte Sonderaufgaben) decided in January 1997 to continue the restructuring of potentially viable Lintra subsidiaries with a view to preparing them for sale. Since LTS had received aid that was to be assessed in the context of the other notified restructuring aid, the case was registered as non-notified aid. The aid paid to LTS via Lintra Beteiligungsholding was the subject of the Commission's  decision on aid to Lintra Beteiligungsholding GmbH () (Lintra decision). II. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE AID The aid recipient, Doppstadt GmbH, is a hive-off vehicle, which arose out of the former LandTechnik Schonebeck GmbH (LTS) and its wholly-owned subsidiary GS Fahrzeug- und Systemtechnik GmbH (GS). On 10 May 1999 the operational business of LTS and GS was transferred to a new company with a share capital of EUR 25641 (*). On the same day the Commission Decision 2001/673/EC of 28 March 2001 on State aid implemented by Germany for EFBE Verwaltungs GmbH & Co Management KG (now Lintra Beteiligungsholding GmbH, together with Zeitzer Maschinen, Anlagen Gerite GmbH; LandTechnik Schliiter GmbH; ILKA MAFA Kiltetechnik GmbH; Motoren- und Systembautechnik  GmbH; SKL  Spezialapparatebau ~ GmbH; Madgeburger Eisengieferei GmbH, Saxonia Edelmetalle GmbH and Gothaer Fahrzeugwerk GmbH) (O] L 236, 5.9.2001, p. 3). Converted into euro at EUR 1 = DEM 1,95; the values have been rounded up.