2005/474/ECEC: Commission Decision of 14 December 2004 concerning the levy on mea... (32005D0474)
2005/474/ECEC: Commission Decision of 14 December 2004 concerning the levy on meat purchases (rendering levy) implemented in France (notified under document number C(2004) 4770)
- COMMISSION DECISION
- of 14 December 2004
- concerning the levy on meat purchases (rendering levy) implemented in France
- (notified under document number C(2004) 4770)
- (Only the French text is authentic)
- (2005/474/EC)
- I. PROCEDURE
- II. DESCRIPTION
- 1. THE RENDERING LEVY
- 2. THE ARGUMENTS PUT FORWARD BY THE COMMISSION WHEN OPENING THE INVESTIGATION PROCEDURE
- 2.1. REGARDING THE EXISTENCE OF AID
- 2.2. THE FINANCING OF THE AID
- 2.3. ARTICLE 86(2) OF THE TREATY
- 3. OTHER RELEVANT FACTS
- III. COMMENTS SUBMITTED BY THIRD PARTIES
- 1. COMMENTS SUBMITTED BY INTERESTED UNDERTAKINGS
- 2. COMMENTS SUBMITTED BY THE L’ASSOCIATION DES ENTREPRISES DE PRODUITS ALIMENTAIRES ÉLABORÉS (ADEPALE) (ASSOCIATION OF FOOD PROCESSING INDUSTRIES)
- 3. COMMENTS SUBMITTED BY THE FÉDÉRATION DES ENTREPRISES DU COMMERCE ET DE LA DISTRIBUTION (FCD) (FEDERATION OF TRADERS AND DISTRIBUTORS)
- 4. COMMENTS SUBMITTED BY SPAIN
- IV. COMMENTS SUBMITTED BY FRANCE
- 1. REGARDING THE EXISTENCE OF AID TO RENDERING UNDERTAKINGS
- 2. REGARDING THE EXISTENCE OF AID TO LIVESTOCK FARMERS AND SLAUGHTERHOUSES
- 3. REGARDING THE EXISTENCE OF AID TO UNDERTAKINGS EXEMPTED FROM PAYMENT OF THE LEVY
- 4. REGARDING THE FINANCING OF THE SCHEME
- 5. REMARKS ON THE COMMENTS SUBMITTED BY THIRD PARTIES
- V. ASSESSMENT
- 1. ARTICLE 87(1) OF THE TREATY
- 1.1. EXISTENCE OF A SELECTIVE ADVANTAGE FINANCED BY STATE RESOURCES
- 1.1.1. Aid to rendering plants
- 1.1.2. Aid for livestock farmers and slaughterhouses
- 1.1.3. Holders of meat and bone meal
- 1.1.4. Aid to butcheries and cutting plants holding SRM
- 1.1.5. Aid for trade exempt from payment of the levy
- 1.2. EFFECT ON TRADE
- 1.3. DISTORTION OF COMPETITION
- 1.4. CONCLUSIONS ON THE MEASURE'S STATUS AS AID WITHIN THE MEANING OF ARTICLE 87(1) OF THE TREATY
- 2. COMPATIBILITY OF THE AID MEASURES
- 2.1. UNLAWFULNESS OF THE AID
- 2.2. GUIDELINES APPLICABLE TO MEASURES NOT NOTIFIED
- 2.3. ANALYSIS IN THE LIGHT OF THE APPLICABLE PROVISIONS
- 2.3.1. Aid
- 2.3.1.1. Aid to rendering undertakings
- 2.3.1.2. Aid to livestock farmers – Fallen stock
- 2.3.1.3. Aid to slaughterhouses – Meat and offal seized at slaughterhouses
- 2.3.1.4. Aid to butchers – SRM seized at butcheries
- 2.3.1.5. Enterprises exempted from the levy
- 2.3.2. Financing of the aid
- 2.3.2.1. Prior to 31 December 2000
- 2.3.2.2. After 31 December 2000
- 2.3.2.3. Conclusions on the two periods
- VI. CONCLUSION
- Article 1
- Article 2
- Article 3
- Article 4
- Article 5
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