2012/131/EU: Commission Decision of 13 July 2011 on levies for Interbev (notified... (32012D0131)
2012/131/EU: Commission Decision of 13 July 2011 on levies for Interbev (notified under document C(2011) 4923)
- COMMISSION DECISION
- of 13 July 2011
- on levies for Interbev
- (notified under document C(2011) 4923)
- (Only the French text is authentic)
- (2012/131/EU)
- I.
- PROCEDURE
- II.
- DESCRIPTION OF THE MEASURE IN QUESTION
- 1.
- LEVIES FOR INTERBEV
- 1.1. INTER-BRANCH ORGANISATIONS (IPO) AND THE COMPULSORY VOLUNTARY LEVIES SCHEME
- 1.2. THE ROLE OF THE STATE
- 2.
- OBJECTIVE OF THE AID
- 2.1. LEVIES INTRODUCED BY INTERBEV
- 2.2. MEAT LEVY
- 2.3. FNE LEVY
- 2.4. THE MEASURES FUNDED
- 3.
- DURATION OF THE MEASURE
- 4.
- BENEFICIARIES
- 5.
- GROUNDS FOR INITIATING THE PROCEDURE
- (9)
- 5.1. THE AID MEASURES
- 5.1.1.
- Promotion measures
- 5.1.2.
- Technical assistance measures
- 5.1.3.
- Research and experimentation measures
- 5.1.4.
- Measures funded by the FNE levy
- 5.2. FUNDING OF THE AID
- 5.2.1.
- Meat levy
- 5.2.2.
- FNE levy
- 6.
- COMPATIBILITY OF COMPULSORY LEVIES WITH THE SYSTEM OF COMMON ORGANISATION OF MARKETS
- III.
- COMMENTS FROM FRANCE
- 1.
- SCOPE OF THE COMMISSION’S INVESTIGATION ACCORDING TO THE FRENCH AUTHORITIES
- 2.
- GROUNDS JUSTIFYING THE NON-NOTIFICATION OF THE AID ACCORDING TO THE FRENCH AUTHORITIES
- 3.
- INTERBEV MEASURES
- 4.
- FNE RESEARCH AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE MEASURES
- 4.1. GENETIC RESEARCH
- 4.2. MODERNISATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF LIVESTOCK INFORMATION SYSTEMS
- 4.3. APPLIED RESEARCH MEASURES
- 4.4. ECONOMIC STUDIES
- 4.5. VARIOUS MEASURES
- 4.6. COMMUNITY GUIDELINES
- 4.6.1.
- Technical assistance
- 4.6.2.
- Applied research
- 5.
- LEVIES ON IMPORTED ANIMALS AND MEAT
- 5.1. INTERBEV LEVIES
- 5.2. FNE LEVY
- 6.
- LEVIES ON ANIMALS AND MEAT DISPATCHED TO OTHER MEMBER STATES
- 6.1. INTERBEV LEVIES
- 6.2. FNE LEVY
- IV.
- ASSESSMENT OF THE AID
- 1.
- EXISTENCE OF AID WITHIN THE MEANING OF ARTICLE 107(1) TFEU
- 1.1. EXISTENCE OF A SELECTIVE ADVANTAGE
- 1.2. AID GRANTED BY THE STATE OR THROUGH STATE RESOURCES
- 1.3. IMPACT ON TRADE AND DISTORTION OF COMPETITION
- 1.4. CONCLUSIONS ON THE NATURE OF ‘AID’ WITHIN THE MEANING OF ARTICLE 107(1) OF THE TFEU
- 2.
- EXAMINATION OF THE COMPATIBILITY OF THE AID
- 2.1. SCOPE OF THE DECISION
- 2.2. APPLICATION OF ARTICLE 107(3) TFEU
- 2.3. IDENTIFYING THE GUIDELINES APPLICABLE TO THE NON-NOTIFIED MEASURES
- 2.4. COMPATIBILITY OF THE COMPULSORY VOLUNTARY LEVIES WITH THE CMO SYSTEM
- 2.5. ANALYSIS IN THE LIGHT OF THE APPLICABLE RULES
- 2.5.1.
- Measures funded by the meat levies
- 2.5.1.1.
- Promotion
- 2.5.1.2.
- Technical assistance
- 2.5.1.3.
- Research and experimentation
- 2.5.2.
- Measures funded by the FNE
- 2.5.2.1.
- Technical assistance
- 2.5.2.2.
- Research and experimentation
- 2.6. FINANCING OF THE AID
- 2.6.1.
- The meat levies (Interbev levies)
- 2.6.1.1.
- Imported meat
- 2.6.1.2.
- Exported products
- (i)
- Meat and animals exported to other Member States
- (ii)
- Compatibility with Article 110 TFEU
- 2.6.2.
- The FNE levy
- 2.6.2.1.
- Imported animals
- 2.6.2.2.
- Animals exported
- 3.
- UNLAWFULNESS OF THE AID
- V.
- CONCLUSIONS
- Article 1
- Article 2
- Article 3
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