Article 2
This Decision is addressed to the Kingdom of Spain. Done at Brussels, 16 May 2000. For the Commission Franz Fischler Member of the Commission (1) OJ L 160, 26.6.1999, p. 48. (2) OJ C 204, 4.7.1997, p. 6. (3) See footnote 2. (4) OJ C 307, 13.11.1993, p. 3. (5) Without prejudice to the nature of the loan from La Caixa. (6) Letter to the Member States No SG (89) D/4327 dated 5 April 1989 was replaced by Commission Notice on the application of Articles 87 and 88 of the EC Treaty to State aid in the form of guarantees (OJ C 71, 11.3.2000, p. 14). (7) [1999] ECR I-2459. (8) [1999] ECR I-3913. (9) OJ C 288, 9.10.1999, p. 2. (10) OJ C 368, 23.12.1994, p. 12. (11) Precedents: Commission Decisions 93/133/EEC (OJ L 55, 6.3.1993, p. 54), confirmed by judgment of the Court of Justice of 14 September 1994 in Case C-42/93 Spain v Commission ([1994] ECR I-4175), and 94/343/EC (OJ L 154, 21.6.1994 p. 37). (12) Competition law in the European Communities, volume II: Rules applicable to State aids (situation at 31 December 1989), p. 153.