96/542/EC: Commission Decision of 30 April 1996 concerning aid granted by Italy to the footwear industry (Only the Italian text is authentic) (Text with EEA relevance)

• Articles: 5

Article 1

The total or partial budgetization of employers' social security contributions provided for in the Ministerial Decree of 31 March 1994, which approves the scheme for extraordinary assistance to support production and employment in the footwear industry, constitutes aid that is incompatible with the common market within the meaning of Article 92 (1) of the Treaty and does not qualify for any of the derogations provided for in point (c) of Article 92 (3) of the Treaty.

Article 2

Italy shall take the appropriate steps to delete the provision relating to the budgetization of employers' social security contributions from the Decree referred to in Article 1.

Article 3

Repayment of the aid granted by Italy under the Decree referred to in Article 1 shall not be required inasmuch as it is below the de minimis threshold.

Article 4

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

Article 5

This Decision is addressed to the Italian Republic.

Done at Brussels, 30 April 1996.

For the Commission

Karel VAN MIERT

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ No L 271, 17. 10. 1995, p. 7.

(2) OJ No C 213, 19. 8. 1992, p. 2.

(3) Prepared by Landell Mills Commodities Studies in 1993.

(4) Amended by the notice published in OJ No C 68, 6. 3. 1996.

(5) Prepared by Landell Mills Commodities Studies in 1993.

(6) All market data are estimates provided by the European Footwear Confederation (EFC), unless otherwise stated.

(7) Source: Panorama of EU Industry 1995.

(8) Prepared by Landell Mills Commodities Studies in 1993.

(9) Prepared by Landell Mills Commodities Studies in 1993.

(10) Source: Panorama of EU industry 1994.

(11) OJ No L 264, 8. 10. 1980, p. 28.

(12) OJ No C 334, 12. 12. 1995, p. 4.

(13) French Republic v. Commission [1987] ECR 4393, paragraph 24.

(14) Prepared by Landell Mills Commodities Studies in 1993.

(15) Italy v. Commission, [1974] ECR 709.