(ANSA) - LJUBLJANA - Slovenia has been warned about the issue of the privatisation plan and about its implementation by Antoine Colombani, spokesman for Joaquin Almunia, the European Competition Commissioner: the State - he said - should ensure that the implementation of the privatisation plan is developed on the basis of the free market and without conditioning it with state aid to companies or to state-owned companies which are now for sale.

The reference was also to the Elan 2012 case, ski equipment manufacturer which is now facing the process of privatization, that has received a EUR 10 million financial injection from the state, which is deemed to be not complying with the EU directives. In this regard, Slovenia announced that Elan will return the aid.

Meanwhile, the privatization of Aerodrom Ljubljana, company that runs the airport in the Slovenian, is really getting going. The company KPMG has issued a notice in order to collect the expressions of interest in acquiring 75 % of the shares. (ANSA).