7.9.2011 Official Journal of the European Union L 230/69 DECISIONS COMMISSION DECISION of 20 April 2011 on measure C 37/04 (ex NN 51/04), implemented by Finland for Componenta Oyj (notified under document C(2011) 2559) (Only the Finnish and Swedish texts are authentic) (Text with EEA relevance) (2011/529/EU) 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 (1), Whereas: ) I. PROCEDURE On 10 March 2004, the Commission received a complaint from Metalls Verkstadsklubb vid Componenta Alvesta AB in which the complainant informed the Commission of an alleged aid measure implemented by the city of Karkkila (hereinafter ‘Karkkila) for Componenta Corporation Oyj (hereinafter ‘Componenta’). By letter dated 19 November 2004, the Commission informed Finland that it had decided to initiate the procedure laid down in Article 88(2) of the EC Treaty (now Article 108(2) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union) in respect of the aid. The Commission decision to initiate the procedure was published in the Official Journal of the European Union (2. The Commission invited interested parties to submit their comments on the measure but did not receive any such comments. On 20 October 2005, the Commission adopted a final negative decision and ordered Finland to recover the aid () OJ C 49, 25.2.2005, p. 11. (?) See footnote 1. from Componenta (the 2005 Decision’). The 2005 Decision closing the formal investigation procedure was published in the Official Journal of the European Union (3). Componenta launched an appeal against the Decision, which was annulled by judgment of 18 December 2008 (‘the judgment) for failure to provide adequate grounds (*). Finland submitted observations by letters dated 5 January and 10 January 2010, which also included two studies on the valuation of the real estate concerned. The Commission sent three further requests for information dated 9 January 2009, 23 July 2009 and 8 January 2010, which were answered by letters registered on 9 March 2009, 15 October 2009 and 5 March 2010 respectively. A meeting between the Commission, and representatives of the Finnish government and the bene- ficiary was held in Brussels on 23 November 2009. II. DESCRIPTION OF THE FACTS 1. Transaction Componenta is a metal manufacturing company based in Karkkila, Finland. It has production plants in Finland, the Netherlands and Sweden. Most of the company’s EUR 316 million turnover in 2004 was generated in the Nordic countries and central Europe. The group employed some 2 200 people in 2004. The transaction under assessment concerns the real estate company, Karkkilan Keskustakiinteistot Oy (hereinafter ‘KK’), which owned real estate in Karkkila, located some 65 km north west of Helsinki. KK was jointly owned (50/50) by Componenta and Karkkila. In 1996 each joint venture partner had granted KK an interest-free shareholder loan of EUR 1 670 184. () OJ L 353, 13.12.2006, p. 36. (*) Case T-455/05, Componenta Oyj v Commission [2008] ECR II-336.