L 244/8 Official Journal of the European Union 7.9.2006 II (Acts whose publication is not obligatory) COMMISSION COMMISSION DECISION of 16 March 2005 concerning State aid that Italy (Regione Lazio) intends to grant for the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions (notified under document number C(2005) 587) (Only the Italian text is authentic) (Text with EEA relevance) (2006/598EC) THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, (2)  Italy wrote on 23 July 2003. Having regard of the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 88, paragraph 2, first (3)  ACEA S.p.A. (ACEA’), beneficiary of the aid, wrote on 8 indent, September 2003. The letter was sent to Italy for comments, together with a number of other demands, on 15 September 2003. The demands concerned: Having regard of the agreement on the European Economic Area, and in particular Article 62, paragraph 1, point (a), — a demand for a copy of the Memorandum of Under- standing between ACEA and Electrabel for the consti- After having invited the interested parties to present their obser- tution of AEP; vation according to these Articles (1), and having regard of these observations, — the conditions of transfer of ACEA’s activities to AEP, in particular if the measure under consideration had Whereas: . been taken into account; I. THE PROCEDURE (1)  With its decision of 13 May 2003, notified to Italy by —on Wh}Ch .Of the activities of ACEA the recovery means of letter of the same day, the Commission decided would impinge. to open the investigation procedure based on Article 88(2) on the case mentioned in the subject and invited Italy and all interested parties to submit comments (2). () OJ C 188, 8.8.2003, p. 8. (4)  Italy responded on 18 March 2004, and again on (®) See footnote 1. 29 April 2004.