The aid scheme adopted by the CIPE (Comitato Interministeriale per la Pianificazione Economica) and implemented as set out in AIMA (Azienda di Stato per gli Interventi nel Mercato Agricolo) No 226/C of 22 January 1988 which provides for the payment of an amount in respect of beef hindquarters in order to offset to a certain extent:
- the loss of value which occurs when fresh meat is frozen, and
- the cost of taking the product to market
is illegal under 93 (3) of the Treaty. It is, moreover, incompatible with the common market.
The Italian Governement shall inform the Commission, within two months from notification of this Decision, of the measures taken to ensure compliance with this Decision.
The Commission reserves the right to draw conclusions from the granting of this illegal aid as regards the financing of the common agricultural policy by the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund (EAGGF).
This Decision is addressed to the Italian Republic.
Done at Brussels, 30 November 1988.
For the Commission
Frans ANDRIESSEN
Vice-President
(1) OJ No L 148, 28. 6. 1968, p. 24.
(2) OJ No L 61, 4. 3. 1989, p. 43.
(3) OJ No C 41, 13. 2. 1988, p. 3.
(4) OJ No L 80, 24. 3. 1987, p. 8.
(5) OJ No L 71, 15. 3. 1989, p. 38.
(1) All the figures are for 1986. Source: Eurostat.
(2) OJ No L 225, 13. 8. 1987, p. 13.
