L 337/14 Official Journal of the European Union 23.12.2003 COMMISSION DECISION of 19 February 2003 on the measures implemented by Spain for Hilados y Tejidos Puigneré SA (notified under document number C(2003) 518) (Only the Spanish text is authentic) (Text with EEA relevance) (2003/876/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 (!) and having regard to their comments, Whereas: I. PROCEDURE By letter dated 12 March 2001, the Commission, after receiving a complaint from an interested party in the textile sector, required the Spanish authorities to supply information on alleged State aid measures. The Commission subsequently received a second complaint. By letter dated 18 April 2001, Spain submitted incomplete information in response to the questions that the Commission had raised in its letter. By letter of 17 May 2001, the Commission sent a reminder requesting the missing information. The Spanish authorities responded by letters of 14, 25 and 29 June 2001. By letter dated 19 September 2001, the Commission informed Spain that it had decided to initiate the procedure laid down in Article 88(2) of the Treaty and requested further information on the possible State aid measures. By letter dated 19 October 2001, the Spanish authorities requested more time, and provided incomplete information by letters dated 5 and 9 November 2001. By the same letter the Spanish () OJ C 399, 1.12.2001, p. 6 and OJ C 164, 10.7.2002, p. 6. (6) authorities responded to the Commission’s enquiry concerning possible confidential information contained in its decision to initiate the procedure. The Commission replied by letter dated 26 October 2001, stating that it was not able to grant Spain’s request. On 14 November 2001, a meeting was held between the Commission departments and the Spanish authorities, at their request, which was also attended by representatives of the Catalan Institute of Finance (Instituto Cataldn de Finanzas, hereinafter ‘ICF). By letter dated 14 December 2001, the Commission urged the Spanish authorities to supply the information still missing, which the Spanish authorities submitted by letters dated 18 January and 1 and 14 February 2002. A letter from the beneficiary, dated 23 January 2002, was annexed to the letter of 1 February 2002. The Commission decision to initiate the procedure was published in the Official Journal of the European Communities on 1 December 2001 together with an invitation to interested parties to submit their comments. The Commission received no comments from interested parties. By decision of 7 May 2002 the Commission extended the procedure to include new measures. By letter of 13 May 2002 the Commission informed Spain of its decision. Spain submitted further information by letters dated 2, 10 and 15 July 2002. The decision to extend the procedure was published in the Official Journal of the European Communities on 10 July 2002. The Commission received one comment on 15 July 2002, to which the Commission invited Spain to react by letter dated 4 September 2002. Spain submitted its comments on 11 October 2002. II. DESCRIPTION 1. The company The company Hilados y Tejidos Puignerd SA (hereinafter ‘Puignerd’) is active in the production of yarns and