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2012/131/EU: Commission Decision of 13 July 2011 on levies for Interbev (notified under document C(2011) 4923)

COMMISSION DECISION
of 13 July 2011
on levies for Interbev
(notified under document C(2011) 4923)
(Only the French text is authentic)
(2012/131/EU)
I.
PROCEDURE
II.
DESCRIPTION OF THE MEASURE IN QUESTION
1.
LEVIES FOR INTERBEV
1.1. INTER-BRANCH ORGANISATIONS (IPO) AND THE COMPULSORY VOLUNTARY LEVIES SCHEME
1.2. THE ROLE OF THE STATE
2.
OBJECTIVE OF THE AID
2.1. LEVIES INTRODUCED BY INTERBEV
2.2. MEAT LEVY
2.3. FNE LEVY
2.4. THE MEASURES FUNDED
3.
DURATION OF THE MEASURE
4.
BENEFICIARIES
5.
GROUNDS FOR INITIATING THE PROCEDURE
(9)
5.1. THE AID MEASURES
5.1.1.
Promotion measures
5.1.2.
Technical assistance measures
5.1.3.
Research and experimentation measures
5.1.4.
Measures funded by the FNE levy
5.2. FUNDING OF THE AID
5.2.1.
Meat levy
5.2.2.
FNE levy
6.
COMPATIBILITY OF COMPULSORY LEVIES WITH THE SYSTEM OF COMMON ORGANISATION OF MARKETS
III.
COMMENTS FROM FRANCE
1.
SCOPE OF THE COMMISSION’S INVESTIGATION ACCORDING TO THE FRENCH AUTHORITIES
2.
GROUNDS JUSTIFYING THE NON-NOTIFICATION OF THE AID ACCORDING TO THE FRENCH AUTHORITIES
3.
INTERBEV MEASURES
4.
FNE RESEARCH AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE MEASURES
4.1. GENETIC RESEARCH
4.2. MODERNISATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF LIVESTOCK INFORMATION SYSTEMS
4.3. APPLIED RESEARCH MEASURES
4.4. ECONOMIC STUDIES
4.5. VARIOUS MEASURES
4.6. COMMUNITY GUIDELINES
4.6.1.
Technical assistance
4.6.2.
Applied research
5.
LEVIES ON IMPORTED ANIMALS AND MEAT
5.1. INTERBEV LEVIES
5.2. FNE LEVY
6.
LEVIES ON ANIMALS AND MEAT DISPATCHED TO OTHER MEMBER STATES
6.1. INTERBEV LEVIES
6.2. FNE LEVY
IV.
ASSESSMENT OF THE AID
1.
EXISTENCE OF AID WITHIN THE MEANING OF ARTICLE 107(1) TFEU
1.1. EXISTENCE OF A SELECTIVE ADVANTAGE
1.2. AID GRANTED BY THE STATE OR THROUGH STATE RESOURCES
1.3. IMPACT ON TRADE AND DISTORTION OF COMPETITION
1.4. CONCLUSIONS ON THE NATURE OF ‘AID’ WITHIN THE MEANING OF ARTICLE 107(1) OF THE TFEU
2.
EXAMINATION OF THE COMPATIBILITY OF THE AID
2.1. SCOPE OF THE DECISION
2.2. APPLICATION OF ARTICLE 107(3) TFEU
2.3. IDENTIFYING THE GUIDELINES APPLICABLE TO THE NON-NOTIFIED MEASURES
2.4. COMPATIBILITY OF THE COMPULSORY VOLUNTARY LEVIES WITH THE CMO SYSTEM
2.5. ANALYSIS IN THE LIGHT OF THE APPLICABLE RULES
2.5.1.
Measures funded by the meat levies
2.5.1.1.
Promotion
2.5.1.2.
Technical assistance
2.5.1.3.
Research and experimentation
2.5.2.
Measures funded by the FNE
2.5.2.1.
Technical assistance
2.5.2.2.
Research and experimentation
2.6. FINANCING OF THE AID
2.6.1.
The meat levies (Interbev levies)
2.6.1.1.
Imported meat
2.6.1.2.
Exported products
(i)
Meat and animals exported to other Member States
(ii)
Compatibility with Article 110 TFEU
2.6.2.
The FNE levy
2.6.2.1.
Imported animals
2.6.2.2.
Animals exported
3.
UNLAWFULNESS OF THE AID
V.
CONCLUSIONS
Article 1
Article 2
Article 3