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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9802

12 December 2008
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/state aid
No to Italian aid for combating bird flu

Brussels, 11/12/2008 (Agence Europe) - On Wednesday 10 December, the European Commission decided the €20 million in aid that Italy had planned to grant in the form of urgent measures to cope with the bird flu crisis in 2005 was not compatible with the rules on State aid in agriculture. The Commission had opened review procedure in July 2006 concerning an Italian decree-law (No202/05) providing for several measures including: - purchase by the Italian government of 17,000 tonnes of poultry...

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