2.8.2002 Official Journal of the European Communities L 205/89 (Acts whose publication is not obligatory) COMMISSION COMMISSION DECISION of 27 February 2002 concerning measures adopted by Italy for the recovery and completion of serviced small business areas developed for Sirap SpA and the allocation of plots and industrial buildings (notified under document number C(2002) 611) (Only the Italian text is authentic) (Text with EEA relevance) (2002/633[EC) THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Commu- nity, 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 provision cited above ('), Whereas: I. PROCEDURE By letter of 6 October 1997 the Italian authorities noti- fied the Commission, under Article 88(3) of the EC Treaty, of a draft Law of the Sicilian Region on rules for the recovery and completion of serviced small business areas developed by Sirap SpA. By letter of 21 October 1997 the Commission requested further information. On 10 December 1997 the Italian authorities informed the Commission that the notified draft law had been approved as Law No 46 of the Sicilian Region of 24 December 1997 (3) (hereinafter Law No 46/1997) and transmitted the text of the law. The request for further information was answered on 15 January 1998; the () 0] C 162, 10.6.2000, p. 4. () Sicilian Regional Official Gazette, 30.12.1997. () Le Ao O\ — Commission received the information on 23 February and 16 April 1998. The Commission sent further ques- tions on 4 June 1998, to which the Italian authorities replied on 16 October 1998. During its examination of the aid, the Commission also learnt of the existence of a scheme for the allocation of plots and industrial buildings to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) by municipal authorities. These provisions were communicated to the Commission in an annex to the letter of 16 April 1998 referred to in recital 3. On 9 December 1998 the Commission decided to initiate the procedure provided for in Article 88(2) of the Treaty in respect of the aid in question. Italy was informed by letter of 30 December 1998. The publica- tion of that letter in the Official Journal of the European Communities (*) did not give rise to any reactions by other interested parties. Comments from Italy were received by the Commission on 10 March 1999. On 24 November 1999 a meeting was held in Brussels with representatives from Italy and the Sicilian Region. The Commission received a further letter from the Italian authorities dated 7 June 2001 in which the latter undertook to apply the measures in question within the limits established by the Commission notice on de minimis aid (*). 62, 10.6.2000, p. 4. 8, 6.3.1996, p. 9.