1. Within four months following notification of this Decision, Germany shall submit a detailed description of measures already taken and planned to comply with this Decision and in particular to ensure that the aid measures are abolished. Germany shall in particular submit the following information:
(a)
a detailed description of the measures taken to put an end to the aid schemes;
(b)
detailed explanations on the calculation methodology chosen to establish the entertainment tax.
2. Within six months following the notification of this Decision, Germany shall submit the following information:
(a)
calculations of the amount of aid received under the aid schemes referred to in Article 1 by each of the beneficiaries until the end of the tax year preceding the notification of this Decision;
(b)
calculations of the amount (principal and recovery interests) to be recovered until the end of the tax year preceding the notification of this Decision.
3. Within four months starting from the date on which the current tax year elapsed, Germany shall submit the following information:
(a)
the total and final amount of aid received by each of the beneficiaries under the schemes (including the current tax year);
(b)
the total amount (principal and recovery interests) to be recovered from each beneficiary;
(c)
documents demonstrating that the beneficiaries have been ordered to repay the aid.
4. Germany 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 schemes 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.
