92/316/EEC: Commission Decision of 11 March 1992 concerning aid envisaged by the Netherlands Government in favour of an environmentally-sound disposal of manure (Only the Dutch text is authentic)

• Articles: 5

Article 1

The aid entirely financed by means of a levy on manure surplus production, which the Netherlands intend to grant for stimulating an environmentally-acceptable disposal of surplus manure, can be considered compatible with the common market under Article 92 (3) (c) of the EEC Treaty, in so far as the aid does not exceed the fixed cost of the administrative apparatus and the creation and maintenance of storage facilities by the Stichting Landelijke Mestbank (SLM).

Article 2

The aid referred to in Article 1 can also be considered compatible with the common market if it covers part of the variable cost of the SLM in its starting period for manure disposal 1992 to 1994.

From 1 January 1995 on, however, such aid no longer meets the conditions for exception provided for in Article 92 (3) and therefore may not be granted after that date.

Article 3

The Netherlands shall submit annual reports on the operations of the SLM and the way these are financed, allowing the Commission to verify that this Decision is complied with.

Article 4

The Netherlands shall inform the Commission, within two months of the notification of this Decision, of the measures taken to comply with it.

Article 5

This Decision is addressed to the Kingdom of the Netherlands. Done at Brussels, 11 March 1992. For the Commission

Leon BRITTAN

Vice-President

(1) OJ No C 82, 27. 3. 1991, p. 3.

(2) OJ No C 189, 20. 7. 1991, p. 5.

(3) France v. Commission, [1987] ECR 4418, paragraph 23.

(4) Booz-Allen & Hamilton: Afzetmogelijkheden voor verwerkte dierlijke mest, Den Haag 1990.

(5) OJ No L 375, 31. 12. 1991, p. 1.

(6) e.g. 20th Competition Report, point 274.