Article 1
The aid the Italian Republic intends to grant to milk producers, by itself making payment to the Community of the amount due from them to the Community by virtue of the additional levy on milk and milk products for the period 1995/1996 to 2001/2002 and by allowing these producers to repay their debt by way of deferred payment over a number of years without interest, is exceptionally considered to be compatible with the common market on condition that: - repayment shall be in full by yearly instalments of equal size, - the repayment period shall not exceed 14 years, starting from 1 January 2004.