31. 12, 94 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 379/13 COMMISSION DECISION of 30 November 1994 concerning the transfer by the Netherlands of a pilot school to the Royal Dutch Airline KLM (C31/93) (Text with EEA relevance) (Only the Dutch text is authentic) (94/996/EC) THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European - Community, and in particular the first subparagraph of Article 93 (2) thereof, Having regard to the Agreement establishing the European Economic Area, and in particular Article 62 (1) (a) thereof and Protocol 27 thereto, Having, in accordance with the abovementioned Article of the Treaty, given notice to the parties concerned to submit their comments and having regard to those comments, Whereas: I By letter of 17 May 1991 and subsequent letters, the Commission was notified of a complaint by the Association of Dutch Aviation Undertakings (hereinafter referred to as ‘VNLO’) against aid granted by the Netherlands in respect of the privatization and sale of the Public Aviation School (Rijksluchtvaartschool — hereinafter referred to as ‘RLS’) to the Royal Dutch Airline (hereinafter referred to as ‘KLM’). The aid was registered as non-notified aid on 18 July 1991. On 14 August 1991 the Commission requested the Netherlands to communicate the financial agreements entered into with KLM during the transfer of the RLS to the private sector. The Netherlands has duly replied to the Commission’s request for information. The Commission requested supplementary information on 26 November 1991, 28 January and 15 June 1992. This information was provided by letters registered on 16 January, 28 February and 21 August 1992 respectively. The Netherlands provided the Commission with: — the text of the amendments to the privatization agreement, — several valuation reports on the flying school. On 10 February 1993 the Commission held a méeting in ‘Brussels with representatives of the Netherlands. In reply to the Commission’s oral requests, the Netherlands provided further information by letter of 15 April 1993. On the basis of the information in its possession the Commission decided to open the Article 93 (2) procedure and informed the Netherlands of this decision by letter of 15 October 1993. The letter was published in the Official Journal (!) and third parties were invited to comment on the case within one month of publication. KLM and VNLO commented on the case and their comments were duly transmitted to the Netherlands. The Netherlands replied by letter of 6 April 1994. Additional information was provided by the Netherlands in a number of meetings, the last of which was held on 9 November 1994 in Brussels by the Netherlands, KLM and the Commission. Further to the meeting the Netherlands provided the Commission with further information by letter of 11 November 1994. I The RLS was created shortly after the Second World War to meet the training requirements for highly qualified pilots; it operated ih the public sector until July 1991. The school pursued mainly the following activities: — organizing and providing a high grade course of training to qualify students as airline pilots in international and national civil aviation, — providing services (training and transport) on behalf of the Royal House and the Government. Besides those activities the school at present provides aircraft. maintenance and servicing (including repair and air taxi services). () OJ No.C 293, 29. 10. 1993, p. 4.