# C_2008065EN.01001001.xml

| 11.3.2008 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | C 65/10 |
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11.3.2008

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 65/10

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Publication of a list of measures considered by the Commission as existing aid, within the meaning of Article 88(1) of the EC Treaty, upon accession of Bulgaria and Romania to the European Union

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2008/C 65/10)

| 1. | In 2005 and 2006, in accordance with the procedure provided for in Annex V, Chapter 2, paragraph (1)(c) (under Article 21) of the Treaty of Accession of the Republic of Bulgaria and Romania to the European Union (‘Accession Treaty’) (1), Bulgaria and Romania submitted to the Commission those measures that they wished to be regarded as existing aid within the meaning of Article 88(1) of the EC Treaty but which were not provided for expressly in the Accession Treaty. |
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In 2005 and 2006, in accordance with the procedure provided for in Annex V, Chapter 2, paragraph (1)(c) (under Article 21) of the Treaty of Accession of the Republic of Bulgaria and Romania to the European Union (‘Accession Treaty’) (1), Bulgaria and Romania submitted to the Commission those measures that they wished to be regarded as existing aid within the meaning of Article 88(1) of the EC Treaty but which were not provided for expressly in the Accession Treaty.

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| 2. | This procedure covered State aid measures to all sectors with the exception of the transport sector and of agricultural activities linked to the production, processing or marketing of products listed in Annex I to the EC Treaty, for which separate provisions applied. |
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This procedure covered State aid measures to all sectors with the exception of the transport sector and of agricultural activities linked to the production, processing or marketing of products listed in Annex I to the EC Treaty, for which separate provisions applied.

| 3. | The Commission has now published the complete list of measures which it accepted as existing aid within the meaning of Article 88(1) and under the procedure mentioned in point (1) above, on the following internet address:
  http://ec.europa.eu/comm/competition/state_aid/register/ |
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The Commission has now published the complete list of measures which it accepted as existing aid within the meaning of Article 88(1) and under the procedure mentioned in point (1) above, on the following internet address:

http://ec.europa.eu/comm/competition/state_aid/register/

| 4. | The publication referred to in point (3) covers exclusively those measures which were considered as existing aid under the interim procedure for existing aid. |
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The publication referred to in point (3) covers exclusively those measures which were considered as existing aid under the interim procedure for existing aid.

| 5. | Bulgaria and Romania were informed about the relevant Commission decisions by means of letters from the Commissioner for Competition. |
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Bulgaria and Romania were informed about the relevant Commission decisions by means of letters from the Commissioner for Competition.

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(1)  OJ L 157, 21.6.2005.

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