No L 218/20 Official Journal of the European Communities 14. 9. 95 (Acts whose publication is not obligatory) COMMISSION COMMISSION DECISION of 14 March 1995 on aid granted by Italy (Sardinia) in the agriculture sector (Only the Italian text is authentic) (95/366/EC) THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular the first subparagraph of Article 93 (2) thereof, Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 804/68 of 27 June 1968 on the common organization of the market in milk and milk products ('), as last amended by Regula- tion (EC) No 3290/94 (3, and in particular Article 24 thereof, ‘ Whereas the parties concerned have been given notice to submit their comments in accordance with Article 93 (2) of the Treaty (}}; Whereas : By letter of 1 September 1992, recorded as received on 7 September 1992, the Italian Permanent Representative to the European Communities notified the Commission of Regional Law (Sardinia) No 17/92, pursuant to Article 93 (3) of the Treaty. The Regional Law in question came into force and the aid measures provided for therein were implemented before the Commission could take a position with regard to them. Furthermore, certain provisions of Regional Law No 17/92 apply previous legislative provisions which were () OJ No L 148, 28. 6. 1968, p. 13, () OJ No L 349, 31. 12. 1994, p. 105. () OJ No C 159, 10. 6. 1994, p. 9. not notified pursuant to Article 93 (3). The Commission also considered those provisions, where necessary. The aid measures covered by this Decision are the following : Article 1 of Law No 17/92 The regional administration grants subsidies in the form of lower interest rates applying to loans taken out by members of cooperatives for the processing and mar- keting of agricultural products or of groups thereof, in order to acquire a share in the capital of such bodies. The application of the measure was limited to 1992 and the funds amounted to Lit 3 000 million. Since no limit is laid down on the utilization of new resources (as represented by the increase in capital) by the abovementioned cooperatives or groups, the funds could be used not only to finance future investments or to improve the situation of the enterprises in accordance with rules complying with the criteria laid down by the Commission for aid to enterprises in difficulty (which criteria were reiterated in the Commission’s letter noti- fying the Italian Government of its decision to initiate the procedure provided for in Article 93 (2) of the Treaty (¥, as well as financing their operating expenditure. Article 3 of Regional Law No 17/92, Article 6 of Regional Law No 17/92, Article 40 of Regional Law No 14/81 and Article 57 of Regional Law No 44/86 The abovementioned Articles provide for a system of public intervention to transform liabilities of agricultural cooperatives (measures (a) to (e)) and an individual case of aid to an enterprise (measure (f)). () OJ No C 159, 10. 6. 1994.