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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9943

16 July 2009
Contents Publication in full By article 28 / 34
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/state aid
Italy taken to Court for failure to recover illegal aid from New Interline S.p.A.

Brussels, 15/07/2009 (Agence Europe) - On Wednesday 15 July, the European Commission decided to refer Italy to the European Court of Justice (ECJ) for failure to comply with a Commission Decision of April 2008. The Decision ordered Italy to recover €2.75 million of illegal and incompatible state aid from New Interline S.p.A., an Italian producer of chairs located in the region of Basilicata. To date, Italy has recovered no aid from the beneficiary.

Italy had granted the rescue aid without...

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