NoC 165/2 Official Journal of the European Communities 6. 7. 90 
STATE AID 
NN 61/89 
(Italy) 
(Articles 92 to 94 of the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community) 
(90/C 165/02) 
Commission communication pursuant to Article 93 (2) of 
the EEC Treaty to other Member States and interested 
parties concerning aids which the Italian Government 
has decided to grant for the storage of pecorino romano 
I 
1. By letter of 1C October 1989 the Italian 
Government notified the circular referred to above. 
2. After examining that measure, by letter of 6 
December 1989 the Commission initiated the procedure 
provided for in Article 93 (2) of the EEC Treaty in 
respect of the aids provided for therein. 
3. The Commission informed the other Member 
States and parties concerned other than the Member 
States of the reasons which led it to adopt that position 
by publishing the letter referred to in point 2 in the 
Official Journal of the European Communities ('). 
4. By letter of 29 December 1989 the Italian 
Government replied to the Commission's letter referred 
to in 2 by forwarding to it the text of a new draft 
circular from AIMA of 29 December 1989, which was 
intended to replace that of 12 April 1989 once the 
Commission delivered a favourable opinion on it. 
Subsequently, at the request of the Commission staff the 
Italian authorities provided further information on the 
procedure for applying that measure. 
II 
After examining the draft circular referred to in point 
I. 1, the Commission hereby informs the Italian 
Government that it notes: — that the measures provided for in the circular from 
AIMA of 12 April 1989 in respect of which it 
initiated the procedure provided for in Article 93 (2) 
of the EEC Treaty on 10 October 1989 are replaced 
by those provided for in the draft circular from 
AIMA of 29 December 1989, 
— the Italian authorities' undertaking on which basis 
the aids provided for in the draft circular in question 
for milk quality controls, the analysis of untreated 
milk and animal and public health controls of milking 
machines will be granted for the purposes of the 
compulsory controls laid down by law, 
— the fact that at the time of granting of aids for the 
purchase of refrigerated tankers and machines for 
taking samples provided for in the draft circular from 
AIMA of 29 December 1989, the Italian authorities 
will comply with the limits laid down in the 
Commission's letter to the Member States of 30 
October 1985 (No SG(85)D/13962) on national aids 
to investments for the processing and marketing of 
agricultural products, i.e. 50 % for aids under 
national or regional programmes approved by the 
Commission in accordance with Regulation (EEC) 
No 355/77 and 35 % for aids which do not fall 
within such programmes. 
Ill 
In view of the undertakings in section II, the 
Commission has no comments to make on the subject of 
the draft circular from AIMA of 29 December 1989. 
It is accordingly terminating the procedure provided for 
in Article 93 (2) of the EEC Treaty which it initiated on 
10 October 1989 in respect of the aid measure referred 
to in section I. The Commission will inform the other 
Member States and parties concerned other than the 
Member States of the foregoing by publishing this letter 
in the Official Journal of the European Communities. 
(') O] No L 24, 1. 2. 199C, p. 15.