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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10456

21 September 2011
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GENERAL NEWS / (ae) eu/state aid
Italy referred to Court over Eurallumina aid

Brussels, 20/09/2011 (Agence Europe) - The European Commission decided on Tuesday 20 September to refer Italy to the European Court of Justice for its failure to recover illegal aid of about €25 million to aluminium producer Eurallumina SpA, which is based in Portoscuso, Sardinia. The aid took the form of reductions in excise taxes on heavy fuels used in production. In 2004 and again in 2007, the Commission ruled that the aid, granted from February 2002 and amended in 2004, gave...

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