2003/691/EC: Commission Decision of 9 July 2003 on State aid which Spain is planning to implement in the form of contract-related operating aid for three LNG ships built by IZAR (Text with EEA relevance) (notified under document number C(2003) 2009)

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Article 1

The three-year delivery limit laid down in Article 3(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1540/98 is extended for three LNG tankers built by IZAR as follows:

(a) until 15 February 2004, for ship 321 built at Sestao shipyard;

(b) until 30 June 2004, for ship 103 built at Puerto Real shipyard, and

(c) until 31 December 2004, for ship 105 built at Puerto Real shipyard.

Article 2

This decision is addressed to the Kingdom of Spain.

Done at Brussels, 9 July 2003.

For the Commission

Mario Monti

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 202, 18.7.1998, p. 1.

(2) OJ L 33, 5.2.2000, p. 6.

(3) OJ C 238, 3.10.2002, p. 2.

(4) Statement inserted in the minutes of the Research Council of 21 December 1990 (ref. 10377/90).

(5) Case N 727/93 (OJ C 175, 28.6.1994, p. 6).

(6) OJ L 37, 12.2.2000, p. 22.

(7) [1997] ECR I-2549.