2013/247/EU: Commission Decision of 23 January 2013 on State aid SA.24123 (2012/C) (ex 2011/NN) implemented by the Netherlands Alleged sale of land below market price by the Municipality of Leidschendam-Voorburg (notified under document C(2013) 87) Text with EEA relevance
2013/247/EU: Commission Decision of 23 January 2013 on State aid SA.24123 (2012/C) (ex 2011/NN) implemented by the Netherlands Alleged sale of land below market price by the Municipality of Leidschendam-Voorburg (notified under document C(2013) 87) Text with EEA relevance
Decision · 5 articles
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The State aid amounting to EUR 6 922 121, unlawfully granted by the Netherlands on 1 March 2010, in breach of Article 108(3) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, in favour of Schouten-de Jong Bouwfonds, a partnership consisting of Schouten & De Jong Projectontwikkeling BV and Bouwfonds Ontwikkeling BV, in the form of a retroactive decrease of the sales price of land and a retroactive decrease of the agreed ground exploitation fee and quality fee agreed by the municipality of Leidschendam-Voorburg, is incompatible with the internal market.
1. The Netherlands shall recover the incompatible aid referred to in Article 1 from Schouten-de Jong Bouwfonds and/or Schouten & De Jong Projectontwikkeling BV and/or Bouwfonds Ontwikkeling BV.
2. The sums to be recovered shall bear interest from the date on which they were put at the disposal of Schouten-de Jong Bouwfonds and/or Schouten & De Jong Projectontwikkeling BV and/or Bouwfonds Ontwikkeling BV, namely 1 March 2010 until their actual recovery.
3. The interest shall be calculated on a compound basis in accordance with Chapter V of Commission Regulation (EC) No 794/2004 ( 28 ) .
1. Recovery of the aid referred to in Article 1 shall be immediate and effective.
2. The Netherlands shall ensure that this Decision is implemented within four months following the date of notification of this Decision.
1. Within two months following the date of notification of this Decision, the Netherlands shall submit the following information:
(a)
the total amount (principal and recovery interests) to be recovered from the beneficiaries;
(b)
a detailed description of the measures already taken and planned to comply with this Decision;
(c)
documents demonstrating that the beneficiaries have been ordered to repay the aid.
2. The Netherlands shall keep the Commission informed of the progress of the national measures taken to implement this Decision until recovery of the aid referred to in Article 1 has been completed. It shall immediately submit, on simple request by the Commission, information 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 beneficiaries referred to in Article 1.
