21.12.2006 Official Journal of the European Union L 366/1 Il (Acts whose publication is not obligatory) COMMISSION COMMISSION DECISION of 5 July 2005 on State aid C 20/04 (ex NN 25/04) in favour of Huta Cz¢stochowa SA (notified under document number C(2005) 1962) (Only the Polish version is authentic) (Text with EEA relevance) (2006/937/EC) THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular the first subparagraph of Article 88(2) thereof. Having regard to Protocol No 8 of the Accession Treaty on the restructuring of the Polish steel industry (%) (hereinafter referred to as ‘Protocol No 8). Having called on interested parties to submit their comments pursuant to the provisions cited above (%) and having regard to their comments. Whereas: L PROCEDURE (1) By letter dated 4 August 2003 the Commission requested information on the control of state aid in Poland including, if applicable, measures to restructure the recipient. Thereafter the matter was discussed by the Commission and the Polish authorities at various technical meetings and formed the subject of intensive correspondence between the Commission and Poland. (2) On 23 January 2004 the consultant in charge of the independent evaluation of the restructuring programme in Poland under Protocol No 8 submitted his assessment of the case to the Commission. (3) By letter dated 19 May 2004 the Commission informed Poland that it had decided to initiate the procedure laid down in Article 88(2) of the EC Treaty in respect of the measures and asked for information to be provided on a number of matters. (4) The Commission decision to initiate the procedure was published in the Official Journal of the European Union (%) . The Commission invited interested parties to submit their comments on the measure. () OJ L 236, 23.9.2003, p. 948. () O] C 204, 12.8.2004, p. 6.