12.5.2012 Official Journal of the European Union L 125/33 DECISIONS COMMISSION DECISION of 13 July 2011 on State aid No C 6/08 (ex NN 69/07) implemented by Finland for Alands Industrihus Ab (notified under document C(2011) 4905) (Only the Finnish and Swedish texts are authentic) (Text with EEA relevance) (2012/252/EU) THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION, (3)  The Commission’s opening decision was published in the Official Journal of the European Union (*). The Commission invited interested parties to submit their comments on Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European the aid. Union, and in particular the first subparagraph of Article 108(2) thereof, (4 The Commission received no comments from interested Having regard to the Agreement on the European Economic parties Area, and in particular Article 62(1)(a) thereof, Having called on interested parties to submit their comments pursuant to the provisions cited above (1), (5)  Further to the opening decision, Finland submitted information which was registered with the Commission on 6 May 2008, 21 January 2010, 26 February 2010, Whereas: 21 May 2010, 18 June 2010, 18 April 2011, 27 June 2011 and 28 June 2011. A meeting between the Commission services, the Finnish authorities and repre- 1. PROCEDURE sentatives of Al took place on 4 June 2010. (1) Through a complaint lodged on 5 September 2006, the Commission was informed of a variety of measures granted by the Local Government of Aland (the LG) in favour of the real estate company Alands Industrihus Ab 2. DESCRIPTION OF THE AID (‘Al’). By letters dated 25 October 2006 and 14 February 2007, the Commission requested information from Finland which was submitted by letters dated 11 January 2007 and 3 April 2007. The Finnish authorities submitted further information on 31 May 2007 and 12 July 2007. The complainant submitted additional information in November 2006 and May 2007. 2.1. THE BENEFICIARY (6) Al is registered in the City of Mariehamn, the capital of Aland, an archipelago in the Baltic Sea between mainland Finland and Sweden with a total population of some 28 000. Aland is a province of Finland but enjoys a high degree of autonomy. Al is owned mainly by the LG (84,43 %) and the City of Mariechamn (15,01 %). Other local authorities in Aland make up the (2) By letter dated 30 January 2008, the Commission remaining shareholders (*). informed Finland 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 aid (‘the opening decision). (7)  Als business is the construction, ownership and letting () OJ C 76, 27.3.2008, p. 15. of buildings for industrial and commercial use. According (?) With effect from 1 December 2009, Articles 87 and 88 of the EC to Finland, the objective of the company’s activities is to Treaty have become Articles 107 and 108, respectively, of the TFEU. pr0V1de bu1ld1ngs to companies in Aland in order to The two sets of provisions are identical in substance. For the purpose of this Decision, references to Articles 107 and 108 of the TFEU should be understood as references to Articles 87 and contribute to a diversified and competitive economy. 88 of the EC Treaty when appropriate. The TFEU also introduced () See footnote 1. certain changes in terminology, such as the replacement of ‘Com- (*) With the exception of a negligible share held by the local business munity’ by ‘Union” and ‘common market’ by ‘internal market’. The organisation ‘Alands foretagareforening rf (3 shares out of a total of terminology of the TFEU will be used throughout this Decision. 30 392).