| Author (Corporate) | European Commission: DG Communication |
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| Series Title | Press Release |
| Series Details | IP/13/577 (20.06.13) |
| Publication Date | 20/06/2013 |
| Content Type | News |
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On 20 June 2013, the European Commission called on Italy to take action to address shortcomings in the recovery of surplus levies due from dairy producers who exceeded their individual quotas in years when Italy overran its national dairy quota. In spite of repeated and numerous requests from the Commission, the majority of levies due between 1995 and 2009 has still not been recovered by Italian authorities, who have manifestly not taken the appropriate measures to effectively recover the total estimated amount of at least € 1.42 billion from producers. This amount needs to be reimbursed to the Italian budget, so that the Italian taxpayers do not lose out, the Commission has underlined. The failure to ensure the effective recovery of these levies undermines the efforts undertaken at European level to stabilize the market of dairy products. In addition, it creates distortions of competition with other European and Italian producers who respected the production quotas or paid the surplus levies in case of overrun. |
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| Source Link | http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_IP-13-577_en.htm |
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| Subject Categories | Business and Industry, Law |
| Countries / Regions | Europe, Italy |
