27/03/2015 (Agence Europe) - Most derogations from British Aggregates Levy are free of state aid. On Friday 27 March, the Commission announced that all but one of the exemptions, exclusions and tax reliefs from the aggregates levy introduced in the United Kingdom in 2002 are free of state aid. Only the exemption for shale and spoil for shale extraction are not justified. This is because shale is the only exempted material that is deliberately extracted to produce aggregates. Exempting shale...