
Article 1 
The three-year delivery limit laid down in Article 3(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1540/98 may not be extended for ship C.180 (ex C.173) built by Cantieri Navali Termoli SpA.
The contract-related operating aid for that ship may not, therefore, be implemented.
Article 2 
Italy shall inform the Commission, within two months of notification of this Decision, of the measures taken to comply with it.
Article 3 
This Decision is addressed to the Italian Republic.
Done at Brussels, 4 July 2006.
For the Commission
Nelly KROES
Member of the Commission