30.4.2013 Official Journal of the European Union L 119/1 (Non-legislative acts) DECISIONS COMMISSION DECISION of 27 October 2010 on State aid No C 15/08 (ex N 318/07, N 319/07, N 544/07 and N 70/08) which Italy plans to implement for Cantiere Navale De Poli (notified under document C(2010) 7253) (Only the Italian text is authentic) (Text with EEA relevance) (2013/197/EV) 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 provision(s) (') cited above and having regard to their comments, Whereas: I. PROCEDURE (1) By letters dated 6 June 2007, 24 September 2007 and 6 February 2008, Italy notified requests for the extension of the three-year delivery limit for four chemical tankers (denominated as vessels C 241, C 242, C 243 and C 244) to be built by the Italian shipyard Cantiere Navale De Poli (hereinafter "De Poli" or "the ship- yard") (). In particular, Italy requested the extension of () OJ C 208, 15.8.2008, p. 14. (%) The notifications were registered as N 319/07 for vessel C 243 (letter of 6 June 2007), N 318/07 for vessel C 244 (letter of 6 June 2007), N 544/07 for vessel C 242 (letter of 24 September 2007), and N 70/08 for vessel C 241 (letter of 6 February 2008). () v C) ©) 6 () the delivery deadline by 8 months for vessel C 241, 6 months for vessel C 242, 9 months for vessel C 243 and 10 months for vessel C 244. The notifications related to aid granted by Italy to De Poli under the Italian aid scheme N 59/2004, approved by the Commission on 19 May 2004 (*) on the basis of Council Regulation (EC) No 1177/2002 of 27 June 2002 concerning a temporary defensive mechanism to ship- building (*), as amended by Council Regulation (EC) No 502/2004 (°) (hereinafter the "Italian TDM scheme" and the "TDM Regulation" respectively). By letters dated 31 July 2007, 31 August 2007, 7 September 2007, 12 November 2007 and 25 January 2008, Italy provided the Commission with additional information in relation to these notifications. By letter dated 16 April 2008, 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 (TFEU) (°) in respect of the notified extension requests. The Commission decision to initiate the procedure was published in the Official Journal of the European Union (7). Interested parties were invited to submit comments. ] C 100, 26.4.2005, p. 27. o OJ L 172, 2.7.2002, p. 1. OJ L 81, 19.3.2004, p. 6. With effect from 1 December 2009, Articles 87 and 88 of the EC Treaty have become Articles 107 and 108, respectively, of the TFEU. The two sets of provisions are, in substance, identical. For the purposes of this Decision, references to Articles 107 and 108 of the TFEU should be understood as references to Articles 87 and 88, respectively, of the EC Treaty where appropriate. Idem 1.