L 69/24 Official Journal of the European Communities 16.3.1999 (Acts whose publication is not obligatory) COMMISSION COMMISSION DECISION of 10 February 1999 relating to a proceeding pursuant to Article 86 of the Treaty (IV/35.767 — Ilmailulaitos/Luftfartsverket) (notified under document number C(1999) 239) (Only the Finnish and Swedish texts are authentic) (Text with EEA relevance) (1999/198/EC) THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, Having regard to Council Regulation No 17 of 6 February 1962, first Regulation implementing Articles 85 and 86 of the Treaty ('), as last amended by the Act of Accession of Austria, Finland and Sweden, and in particular Article 3 thereof, Having regard to the Commission’s decision on 5 May 1997 to initiate proceedings in this case, Having given the undertaking concerned the opportunity to make known its views on the objections raised by the Commission regarding the system of discounts on landing charges in use at Finnish airports, Having consulted the Advisory Committee on Restrictive Practices and Dominant Positions, Whereas: I. THE FACTS (a) Subject of the Decision (1)  The Commission is currently investigating, in own- initiative proceedings, the various methods used for discounting landing charges at Community airports, following Commission Decision 95/364/ EC of 28 June 1995 relating to a proceeding () OJ 13, 21. 2. 1962, p. 204/62. pursuant to Article 90(3) of the Treaty (3 on the system of discounts on landing charges in use at Brussels National Airport. (b) The relevant undertaking ) Ilmailulaitos/Luftfartsverket (the Finnish Civil Aviation Administration, hereinafter ‘CAA’) has since 1991 been a self-financing public under- taking operating under the responsibility of the Ministry of Transport and Communications. It was previously the Finnish Aviation Administration, a centralised department of the Finnish Ministry of Transport. (3) Law No 1123/90 of 14 December 1990, laying down the statutes of and creating the CAA, sets out the terms of operation and objectives of the CAA. Atrticle 2 lists the various duties of the CAA: ‘The Civil Aviation Administration shall provide airport and air navigation services for the require- ments of both civil and military aircraft (...). The task of the Civil Aviation Administration shall be to ensure general flight safety and (..) to deal with aviation authorisations and licences (... (490 The CAA thus levies charges for the services related to the landing and take-off of the aircraft using the airport facilities which it administers. () OJ L 216, 12. 9. 1995, p. 8.