Article 1
The aid scheme provided for by Article 55 of Regional Law No 25/1993, as amended by Article 5 of Regional Law No 6/1995, and unlawfully adopted by Italy is incompatible with the common market.
2000/359/EC: Commission Decision of 2 February 2000 on the aid scheme implemented by Italy for cooperatives in Sicily (notified under document number C(2000) 384) (Text with EEA relevance) (Only the Italian text is authentic)
2000/359/EC: Commission Decision of 2 February 2000 on the aid scheme implemented by Italy for cooperatives in Sicily (notified under document number C(2000) 384) (Text with EEA relevance) (Only the Italian text is authentic)
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Article 2
Italy shall abolish the aid scheme referred to in Article 1.
Article 3
Italy shall take whatever steps are necessary to recover from the recipients any aid referred to in Article 1 which has been unlawfully awarded, in particular any aid granted before 25 March 1998 or after 2 July 1998. Repayment shall be made in accordance with the procedures of national law. The amounts to be repaid shall bear interest from the date on which the aid was made available to the recipients until the date on which it is effectively repaid. The interest shall be calculated on the basis of the reference rate used to calculate the grant equivalent of regional aid.
Article 4
Italy shall inform the Commission, within two months of notification of this Decision, of the measures taken to comply with it.
Article 5
This Decision is addressed to the Italian Republic. Done at Brussels, 2 February 2000. For the Commission Mario Monti Member of the Commission (1) OJ L 83, 27.3.1999, p. 1. (2) OJ C 382, 9.12.1998, p. 11. (3) The text of the fax sent by the Commission to the Italian authorities is as follows: "Please find below a list of the decisions taken by the Commission on 25 March 1998: NN79/96 Measures to promote cooperatives - Sicily: decision not to raise any objections". (4) See footnote 2. (5) Judgment of the Court of Justice of the European Communities of 13 July 1988 in Case 102/87 France v Commission [1988] ECR 4067. (6) OJ C 74, 10.3.1998, p. 9. (7) OJ C 368, 23.12.1994, p. 12 and OJ C 288, 9.10.1999, p. 2.
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