Luxembourg, 24/11/2003 (Agence Europe) - By request of the Administrative appeals court of Lyons, the European Court of Justice has indicated that the French system whereby animal carcasses and abattoir waste are collected and disposed of free of charge for certain companies only, is to be seen as State aid.
The French court needed this response in order to rule in a case between French supermarket Gemo and the Economy Minister, who refused to refund a tax which Gemo had paid and believed...