8.4.2003 Official Journal of the European Union L 91/23 COMMISSION DECISION of 2 August 2002 on various measures and the State aid invested by Spain in ‘Terra Mitica SA’, a theme park near Benidorm (Alicante) (notified under document number C(2002) 2980) (Only the Spanish text is authentic) (Text with EEA relevance) (2003/227[EC) THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular to the first paragraph of Article 88(2), Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 659/1999 of 22 March 1999 laying down detailed rules for the application of Article 93 of the EC Treaty ('), and in particular Article 7 thereof, Having regard to the decision of 20 June 2001 (?), by which the Commission initiated the procedure provided for in Article 88(2) of the EC Treaty in relation to aid C 42/01 (ex NN 14/01), Having called on the parties concerned to put forward their comments, in accordance with the above Article, and having regard to those comments, Whereas: PROCEDURE (1) By letter of 25 August 1997, registered on 28 August, the European Federation of Amusement and Leisure Parks (hereinafter ‘the complainant’) lodged a complaint with the European Commission concerning the construction in Benidorm (Alicante, Spain) of a theme park which is allegedly receiving considerable State aid, in particular from the Valencia regional administration (Generalitat Valenciana), contrary to the provisions of the EC Treaty on State aid. (2)  That letter was followed by 18 other letters sent between 6 February 1998 and 2 May 2000, which contain a number of allegations. (3)  The Commission sent the Spanish authorities seven requests for information between 15 September 1997 () OJ L 83, 27.3.1999, p. 1. () 0J C 300, 26.10.2001, p. 2. and 23 December 1998, seeking clarification of the complainant's allegations. It also wrote four times to the complainant between 19 January 1998 and 23 March 2000. (4)  The Spanish authorities replied in six letters, sent between 15 December 1997 and 10 March 1999. (5 The Commission also received a letter from the Valencia regional administration dated 2 March 1999 and a letter from the park in question dated 27 October 1999. (6) It also had several meetings with the complainant, the Spanish  authorities and the Valencia regional administration. (7)  On 20 June 2001 the Commission decided to initiate the procedure provided for in Article 88(2) of the Treaty with regard to certain issues raised by the complainant. As regards the complainant's remaining allegations, the Commission concluded that there was no State aid. (8)  The Commission's decision to initiate the procedure provided for in Article 88(2) of the Treaty was published in the Official Journal of the European Communities (>). The Commission called on the parties concerned to put forward their comments. (9)  The Spanish authorities put forward their observations by letter of 3 August 2001, registered on 7 August 2001. After a meeting with the Commission's departments which took place on 14 September 2001, the Spanish authorities added to their observations by letters of 16 November 2001, registered on 20 November 2001, 2 May 2002, registered on 2 May 2002, and 10 June 2002, registered on 13 June 2002. () OJ C 300, 26.10.2001, p. 2.