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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8714

28 May 2004
Contents Publication in full By article 32 / 33
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/court of justice
Netherlands assist their greenhouse farmers through illegal state aid tax break

Luxembourg, 27/05/2004 (Agence Europe) - Tax breaks to Dutch greenhouse farmers (fruit, vegetables and flowers) is clearly, without any proof to the contrary, aid that is banned by the treaty. The European Court of Justice has just confirmed the decision of the European Commission of 21 December 2000 in which it considered this exoneration as non-justifiable farming subsidies, which was subsequently illegal. The Netherlands had sought to get the European Commission's decision over-ruled but...

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