30.1.2015 Official Journal of the European Union L 25/37 COMMISSION DECISION (EU) 201 5/120 of 29 October 2014 on the aid scheme SA.27317 (C 25/09) (ex N 673/08) which Italy is planning to implement for digital projection equipment (notified under document C(2014) 7888) (Only the Italian text is authentic) (Text with EEA relevance) THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION, Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular the first subparagraph of Article 108(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 provisions cited above (') and having regard to their comments, Whereas: I. PROCEDURE (1)  On 30 December 2008 Italy notified the Commission of its intention to introduce tax incentives for film investment, film distribution and digital cinema. The Italian authorities submitted additional information on 2 April 2009 and 23 June 20009. (2) By letter dated 22 July 2009, the Commission informed Italy that it had decided to approve Italy’s film investment and distribution tax incentives. At the same time, the Commission informed Italy that it had decided to initiate the procedure laid down in Article 108(2) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union in respect of the proposed tax credit for investment in digital projection equipment. (3)  The Commission’s decision to initiate the procedure was published in the Official Journal of the European Union (). The Commission called on interested parties to submit their comments. (4) A workshop on the subject was held jointly by the Italian Ministry of Culture and Tourism and the European Commission in Rome on 21 October 2009. (50  The Commission received comments from interested parties. It forwarded them to Italy, which was given the opportunity to react; the Italian authorities’ observations were received on 19 January 2010. Further exchanges of information took place after that, including additional letters from the Italian authorities received on 7 September 2010, 12 April 2011, 1 June 2011, 1 December 2011, 10 May 2012, 14 September 2012, 23 April 2013, 6 December 2013, 18 April 2014, 11 June 2014 and 1 August 2014. II. DESCRIPTION OF THE MEASURE 1. The notified measure (6)  The tax credit for exhibitors installing digital projection equipment was part of a set of tax measures for the film sector introduced by the Italian authorities. Together, these tax measures were intended to stimulate the market dynamics to support Italian cultural films in an environment conducive to competition and to promote such films in Italy and Europe. (7)  The digital cinema tax credit scheme offers a 30 % tax credit for the costs of introducing digital projection equipment. The maximum annual tax credit is capped at EUR 50 000 per screen. () 0] C196,20.8.2009, p. 9. () Cf.footnote 1.