2000/335/EC: Commission Decision of 8 December 1999 on the Directives promoting the rearing of she-goats (Lower Austria) (notified under document under C(1999) 5210) (Only the German text is authentic)
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The aid scheme notified by Austria whereby it plans to grant ATS 250 per she-goat per year in the less-favoured areas of Lower Austria within the meaning of Article 21 of Council Regulation (EC) No 950/97 and ATS 200 per she-goat per year in other areas of Lower Austria, is according to Article 87(1) of the EC Treaty incompatible with the common market. The aid scheme is furthermore contrary to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2467/98. The aid scheme may accordingly not be implemented.
Austria shall inform the Commission, within two months of notification of this Decision, of the measures taken to comply with it.
This Decision is addressed to the Republic of Austria. Done at Brussels, 8 December 1999. For the Commission Franz Fischler Member of the Commission (1) OJ L 312, 20.11.1998, p. 1. (2) OJ L 148, 28.6.1968, p. 13. (3) OJ L 206, 16.8.1996, p. 21. (4) OJ C 113, 24.4.1999, p. 4. (5) See footnote 4. (6) OJ L 142, 2.6.1997, p. 1. (7) OJ L 215, 30.7.1992, p. 85. (8) OJ L 291, 30.10.1998, p. 10. (9) Court of Justice judgment of 14 October 1987, Case C-248/84, ECR 1987, p. 4013. (10) See letter of 22 February 1999. (11) See judgment of the Court of Justice of 17 September 1980, Case C-730/79, Philip Morris, ECR 1980, p. 2671, paragraphs 11 and 12. (12) Court of Justice judgments of 21 March 1990, Case C-142/87, Belgium v Commission, ECR 1990, I-959, paragraph 43, and of 14 September 1994, Cases C-278/92, C-279/92 and C-280/92, Spain v Commission, ECR 1994, I-4103, paragraphs 40 to 42. (13) OJ C 68, 6.3.1996. (14) See Cases 259/85 France v Commission [1987] ECR 4393, paragraph 24, and C-303/88 Italy v Commission, [1991] ECR I-1433, paragraph 27. (15) OJ C 74, 10.3.1998, p. 9. (16) Judgment of the Court of First Instance of 8 June 1995, Case T-459/93, Siemens, ECR 1995, p. II-1675. (17) In the past the Commission has aproved aids for goat breeds that were considered to be in danger of extinction in Austria. This concerned the breeds Gemsfarbige Gebirgsziege, Pinzgauer Ziege, Saanenziege, Toggenburgerziege, and Tauernschecken. (18) Judgment of the Court of Justice of 12 June 1990, Case 35/88, KYDEP, ECR 1990, p. I-3125. (19) Court of Justice judgment of 26 June 1979, Case 177/78, Pigs and Bacon Commission, ECR 1979, p. 2161.
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