8.3.2006 Official Journal of the European Union L 69/1 (Acts whose publication is not obligatory) COMMISSION COMMISSION DECISION of 7 June 2005 on Alitalia’s industrial restructuring plan (notified under document number C(2005) 1651) (Only the Italian version is authentic) (Text with EEA relevance) (2006/176[EC) THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Com- munity, 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 On 15 October 2004 Italy notified the Commission of Alitalia’s industrial restructuring plan, in particular the planned recapitalisation of the company and the invest- ment which the State holding company Fintecna SpA intended to make in its groundhandling services. Following the Commission’s request of 21 October for additional information, Italy transmitted information to the Commission by letters of 21, 23 and 29 December 2004 and at meetings held on 27 October, 26 November and 14 December 2004. () OJ C 44, 19.2.2005, p. 10. ) By letter of 20 January 2005 (SG (2005) D/200261), the Commission informed Italy of its decision to initiate the procedure provided for in Article 88(2) of the Treaty against these measures. The Commission initiated the procedure by decision of 19 January 2005 (hereinafter referred to as the ‘decision to initiate the procedure’), which was published in the Official Journal of the European Union (*) on 19 February 2005. The Commission called on interested parties to submit their comments on the measures in question within one month of the date of publication, that is to say by 19 March 2005. The Commission received comments from interested parties on 17, 18 and 22 March 2005 (’), all of whom confirmed that their comments did not contain any confidential material. It transmitted these comments, including those received after the deadline, to Italy by letters of 18 and 30 March 2005, giving Italy the oppor- tunity to respond to the comments within a period of one month. In order to ensure the greatest possible transparency of the procedure, the Commission decided to take account also of comments received from inter- ested parties after the deadline and transmit them, on 30 March 2005, to the Italian authorities together with the comments received from interested parties within the deadline. The Commission received Italy’s response to the comments from interested parties and to the deci- sion to initiate the procedure by letters dated 18 and 20 April 2005. () See footnote 1. (*) The European Low Fares Airline Association (ELFAA) submitted its comments on 22 March 2005.