2008/154/EC: Commission Decision of 13 November 2007 — State aid C 38/2006 (ex NN 93/2005) — Fish factory improvement scheme implemented in the United Kingdom (notified under document number C(2007) 5397) (Text with EEA relevance)
1. The aid granted to Shetland Fish Products under the Fish factory improvement scheme is compatible with the common market as far as it concerns the amount of GBP 1 592, granted on 3 September 1998.
2. The aid granted to Shetland Fish Products under the Fish factory improvement scheme is incompatible with the common market as far as it concerns the amount of GBP 92 007, granted on 13 August 1997, 7 January 1999, 25 February 1999, 10 December 1999, 19 January 2001 and 15 December 2004.
Individual aid referred to in Article 1(2) of this Decision does not constitute aid if it fulfils the conditions of Regulation (EC) No 875/2007.
1. The United Kingdom shall recover the incompatible aid granted under the scheme referred to in Article 1(2) from the beneficiary, other than that referred to in Article 2.
2. The sums to be recovered shall bear interest from the date on which they were put at the disposal of the beneficiaries until their actual recovery.
3. The interest shall be calculated on a compound basis in accordance with Chapter V of Regulation (EC) No 794/2004.
4. The United Kingdom shall cancel all outstanding payments of aid under the scheme referred to in Article 1(2) with effect from the date of adoption of this Decision.
1. The recovery of the aid granted under the scheme referred to in Article 1(2) shall be immediate and effective.
2. The United Kingdom shall ensure that this Decision is implemented within four months following the date of its notification.
1. Within two months following the date of notification of this Decision, the United Kingdom shall submit the following information to the Commission:
(a)
total amount (principal and interests) to be recovered from the beneficiary that does not fulfil the conditions laid down by Regulation (EC) No 875/2007;
(b)
a detailed description of the measures already taken and planned to comply with this Decision; and
(c)
documents demonstrating that the beneficiary has been ordered to repay the aid.
2. The United Kingdom shall keep the Commission informed of the progress of the national measures taken to implement this Decision until recovery of the aid granted under the scheme referred to in Article 1(2) has been completed.
It shall immediately submit any information which the Commission requests on the measures already taken and planned to comply with this Decision.
It shall also provide detailed information concerning the amounts of aid and recovery interest already recovered from the beneficiary.
This Decision is addressed to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
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