L 32/56 Official Journal of the European Union 6.2.2007 COMMISSION DECISION of 7 June 2006 on State aid granted by Germany for the acquisition of shares in winegrowers’ cooperatives (notified under document number C(2006) 2070) (Only the German text is authentic) (2007/57EC) THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, (6) Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Commu- nity, and in particular Article 88(2) thereof, Having given interested parties notice to submit their comments pursuant to that Article (!), and having regard to those comments, Whereas: L PROCEDURE (1) The measure was notified by letter of 19 April 2001 in response to a written inquiry from the Commission. Since the measure had already been implemented, the record of the aid was transferred to the register of non-notified state (8) aid (aid No NN 32/01). (2) Additional information was submitted by letters of: 13 February 2002, registered as received on 18 February 2002; 5 July 2002, registered as received on 9 July 2002; and 5 December 2002, registered as received on 10 December 2002. A meeting to discuss the aid took place at the 9) Directorate-General for Agriculture on 25 June 2002. (3) By letter SG (2003) D/232035 of 2 October 2003 the Commission informed Germany of its decision to initiate the procedure under Article 88(2) of the EC Treaty in respect of this state aid measure (aid No C 60/2003). (4 On 6 November 2003 the Commission decision to initiate the procedure was published in the Official Journal of the European Union (%) and interested parties were invited to submit their comments. (5) The Commission received comments from interested parties and from the regional authorities granting the aid by letters of 18 November 2003, registered as received on 25 November 2003; 23 December 2003, registered as received on 5 January 2004; and 12 February 2004, registered as received on 17 February 2004. () OJ C 267, 6.11.2003, p. 2. Germany submitted comments to the Commission by letter of 5 November 2003, registered as received on 6 November 2003. By letter of 7 March 2005, registered as received on 9 March 2005, Germany submitted further comments to the Commission and requested an assessment of the measure pursuant to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1860/2004 of 6 October 2004 on the application of Articles 87 and 88 of the EC Treaty to de minimis aid in the agriculture and fisheries sectors (%). II. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE AID .1 Title of the measure Aid for the acquisition of shares by winegrowers in Rhineland-Palatinate 1.2 Legal basis The scheme is based on the following: the Guideline on granting assistance from funds of the rural district of Bernkastel-Wittlich to support winegrowers who join a winegrowers’ cooperative; the Guideline on granting assistance from funds of the rural district of Cochem-Zell to support winegrowers who join a winegrowers’ cooperative/producer organisation; the Guideline on granting assistance from funds of the rural district of Trier-Saarburg to support winegrowers who join a winegrowers’ cooperative/producer organisation; the Notice issued by the local authority association of Schweich to increase the assistance granted by the rural district of Trier-Saarburg to support winegrowers who join a winegrowers” cooperative/producer organisation. @) See footnote 1. () OJ L 325, 28.10.2004, p. 4.