Within six weeks of the date of notification of this Decision, Italy shall provide all the information and data and all the relevant documents needed to enable the Commission to assess whether the aids for restructuring the road haulage sector examined in aid Case C-17/91 are compatible with Article 92 of the EC Treaty. This information shall, in particular, include the following details:
1. The implementing rules for the aid schemes regarding training and for those intended to promote combined transport and early retirement in the road haulage sector. The Italian authorities must, in particular, provide the information which was requested in the letter of 12 April 1995 for the purposes of assessing the aid schemes concerned in the light of the relevant Community legislation, specifying the types of investment in combined transport equipment and the arrangements for paying aid for training.
2. The ways in which this aid may be added to other aid packages currently in force, and the total budget for the aid package, specifying how each scheme is broken down by year.
3. The extent to which the aid schemes concerned have already been implemented, and the legislative steps taken to revoke the unadopted aid schemes covered by Law No 68 of 5 February 1992 (GURI of 12 February 1992) which constitutes the legal basis for aid Case C-17/91. To this end, the Italian authorities should confirm officially that the other measures provided for in the said Law No 68, including those in the form of tax relief, have been withdrawn from the proposed aid package. Should this not be the case, the information sent by the Italian authorities must also include full details of the arrangements for implementing the other measures.
4. In addition, according to the information available to the Commission, Article 3 of the Italian Decree-Law of 26 September 1995 (GURI No 226 of 27 September 1995) extended the period of validity of Law No 68 until 31 December 1997, in accordance with the terms of the agreement signed with the haulage associations on 17 March 1995; however, the Decree-Law has not yet been converted into law. The Italian authorities are requested to inform the Commission of the implications of this non-conversion and of any fresh Parliamentary bill seeking to extend the duration of the aid package.
Italy may provide any other information it considers relevant to the assessment of this matter.