2004/800/EC:Commission Decision of 30 March 2004 on the State aid scheme put into effect by Italy providing for urgent measures to assist employment (notified under document number C(2004) 930) (Text with EEA relevance)

• Articles: 6

Article 1

The State aid measure providing for urgent measures to assist employment which Italy has put into effect under Decree-law No 23 of 14 February 2003, converted into statute by Act No 81 of 17 April 2003, is incompatible with the common market.

Article 2

Italy shall withdraw the scheme referred to in Article 1 in so far as it continues to have effect.

Article 3

1.   Italy shall take all necessary measures to recover from the recipients the aid granted under the scheme referred to in Article 1 which has been unlawfully made available to the recipients.

2.   Italy shall cancel all outstanding payments of aid with effect from the date of this Decision.

3.   Recovery shall be effectuated without delay in accordance with the procedures of national law provided that they allow the immediate and effective execution of the Decision.

4.   The aid to be recovered shall include interest from the date on which it was made available to the recipient until the date of its recovery.

5.   Interest shall be calculated on the basis of the reference rate used for calculating the grant equivalent of regional aid on the date on which the aid was made available to the recipient.

6.   The interest rate referred to in paragraph 5 shall apply on a compound basis over the entire period referred to in paragraph 4.

Article 4

Italy shall inform the Commission, within two months of notification of this Decision, of the measures taken to comply with it, using the questionnaire attached to the Decision.

Article 5

This Decision is addressed to the Italian Republic.

Schedules & Appendices

ANNEX

ANNEX

Information regarding the implementation of the Commission Decision 2004/800/EC

1.   Total number of recipients and total amount of aid to be recovered

1.1.

Please explain in detail how the amount of aid to be recovered from individual recipients will be calculated:

—

principal,

—

interest.

1.2.

What is the total amount of aid granted unlawfully under this scheme that is to be recovered (gross grant equivalents; prices of …)?

1.3.

What is the total number of recipients from whom aid granted unlawfully under this scheme is to be recovered?

2.   Measures planned or taken to recover the aid

2.1.

Please describe in detail what measures are planned and what measures have already been taken into effect an immediate and effective recovery of the aid. Please indicate the legal basis of the measures.

2.2.

By what date will the recovery of the aid be completed?

3.   Information concerning individual recipients

On the table overleaf, please provide details of each of the recipients from whom aid granted unlawfully under the scheme is to be recovered.

Name of recipient

Address of recipient

Date  ( *1 )

Amount of aid granted unlawfully  ( *2 ) Currency: …

Recovery effected

Yes/No

( *1 )   Date or dates on which the aid or part thereof was made available to the recipient.

( *2 )   Amount of aid made available to the recipient (in gross grant equivalent; at prices of …).