Article 1
The State aid Spain has implemented for the purchase of reference quantities by producers of cows' milk is incompatible with the common market.
2002/411/EC: Commission Decision of 12 March 2002 on the State aid implemented by Spain for producers of cows' milk considered to be priority producers (Text with EEA relevance)(notified under document number C(2002) 905)
2002/411/EC: Commission Decision of 12 March 2002 on the State aid implemented by Spain for producers of cows' milk considered to be priority producers (Text with EEA relevance)(notified under document number C(2002) 905)
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Article 2
1. Spain shall take all necessary measures to recover from the beneficiaries the aid referred to in Article 1 and unlawfully made available to the beneficiaries. 2. Recovery shall be effected without delay and in accordance with the procedures of national law provided that they allow the immediate and effective execution of this Decision. The aid to be recovered shall include interest from the date on which it was at the disposal of the beneficiaries until the date of its recovery. Interest shall be calculated on the basis of the reference rate used for calculating the grant equivalent of regional aid.
Article 3
Spain shall inform the Commission, within two months of notification of this Decision, of the measures taken to comply with it.
Article 4
This Decision is addressed to the Kingdom of Spain. Done at Brussels, 12 March 2002. For the Commission Franz Fischler Member of the Commission (1) OJ L 160, 26.6.1999, p. 48. This Regulation replaces Regulation (EEC) No 804/68, applicable at the time the aid was paid. Article 23 of Regulation (EEC) No 804/68 laid down that Articles 87 and 88 (former Articles 92 and 93) of the Treaty were applicable to the sector. (2) OJ L 193, 29.7.2000, p. 10. (3) OJ C 87, 17.3.2001. (4) See footnote 3. (5) BoletΓn Oficial del Estado No 2, 2.1.1992, p. 84. (6) OJ L 142, 2.6.1997, p. 1. (7) OJ L 405, 31.12.1992, p. 1. (8) OJ L 89, 29.3.2001, p. 18. (9) OJ C 28, 1.2.2000, p. 2 (corrected version in OJ C 232, 12.8.2000, p. 17). (10) Source: Eurostat (1998). (11) OJ L 83, 27.3.1999, p. 1. (12) OJ L 90, 1.4.1984, p. 13. (13) [1979] ECR 2161. Spanish Special Edition 1979, p. 1083. (14) [1990] ECR I-3891. (15) OJ L 274, 26.10.1996, p. 26. (16) [1973] ECR 813. Spanish Special Edition 1973, p. 211. (17) [1987] ECR 901. (18) [1990] ECR I-3437. (19) OJ C 74, 10.3.1998, p. 9.
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