96/474/EC: Commission Decision of 7 February 1996 on aid granted by the Region of Friuli-Venezia Giulia for the improvement of zootechnical practices, in the form of special financing for natural reproductive techniques (Only the Italian text is authentic)

• Articles: 5

Article 1

The aid provided for in Article 30 of Regional Law No 20/1992 of Friuli-Venezia Giulia is illegal within the meaning of Article 93 (3) of the Treaty if it has been applied; it is incompatible with the common market pursuant to Article 92 of the Treaty and may not be granted.

Article 2

Italy shall abolish the scheme referred to in Article 1 within two months of the date of notification of this Decision.

Article 3

Italy shall arrange to recover the aid referred to in Article 1, within two months of the date of notification of this Decision, namely by calling for reimbursement, with interest, of any sum already paid over.

Such recovery shall be undertaken in accordance with the procedures and provisions of national legislation. The sums to be recovered shall be subject to interest from the date of grant of the aid. Interest shall be calculated at the commercial rate, by reference to the rate used to calculate the subsidy equivalent for the purposes of regional aid.

Article 4

Italy shall inform the Commission, within two months of notification of this Decision, of the measures it has taken to comply herewith.

Article 5

This Decision is addressed to the Italian Republic.

Done at Brussels, 7 February 1996.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ No L 148, 28. 6. 1968, p. 24.

(2) OJ No L 45, 1. 3. 1995, p. 2.

(3) OJ No C 159, 10. 6. 1994, p. 8.

(4) Comext, 20 November 1995.

(5) [1973] ECR 813.

(6) [1987] ECR 901.

(7) [1990] ECR I-3437.

(8) Commission notice to Member States (OJ No C 156, 22. 6. 1995, p. 5).