L 314/92 Official Journal of the European Communities 18.11.2002 COMMISSION DECISION of 5 June 2002 on the State aid which Spain plans to grant Renault Espafia SA (notified under document number C(2002) 1992) (Only the Spanish text is authentic) (Text with EEA relevance) (2002/900/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 15 December 2000 the Spanish authorities notified a plan to grant regional aid to Fabricacién de Automéviles Renault Espafia S.A., which is located in Valladolid in the autonomous community of Castile-Leon, Spain (Renault Espafia). The Commission requested further information on 26 January 2001 (submitted by the Spanish authorities on 22 and 27 February); on 26 April 2001 (submitted by the Spanish authorities on 28 May 2001); and on 5 July 2001 (submitted by the Spanish authorities on 14 September 2001). The Commission decided on 13 November 2001 to initiate proceedings pursuant to Article 88(2) of the Treaty (decision to open the formal investigation procedure), as it found that there were doubts about compatibility with the common market. After a meeting held at the Commission's premises on 8 January 2002, Spain submitted its comments on the initiation of proceedings on 17 January 2002. On 8 March 2002 the Commission visited the Bursa plant (Turkey), where further information was supplied. () OJ C 33, 6.2.2002, p. 13. G) The Commission decision to initiate the procedure was published in the Official Journal of the European Communities (%), with an invitation to interested parties to submit their comments on the aid. The Commission did not receive any comments from interested parties. II. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE AID The project Renault Espafia is a subsidiary of the French automotive group Renault. The notified project concerns the production of two distinct engines of the ‘K’ family: the K4, a 4-cylinder, 16-valve petrol engine, with 1,4 and 1,6 litre versions, and the K9, a common rail 4-cylinder, 8-valve, 1,5 litre diesel engine. The notified project concerns the installation of various production lines for engine components and a new flexible assembly line with a capacity of 1 200 K4 or K9 engines/day. At Valladolid, capacity will increase from 4800 to 6000 engines/day. At group level, Renault plans to increase engine production substantially between 1998 and 2005, from 1 600 000 to more than 3000 000 engines|year. According to the notification, the investment programme covers a six-year period, from January 1999 to December 2004. According to Spain, the project is mobile, and an alternative site in Bursa, Turkey, was regarded as a viable alternative by the Renault group. The cost-benefit analysis (CBA), however, was carried out on the basis of a hypothetical site within the EEA or the central and (3) See footnote 1.