Report from the Commission to the Council assessing the progress reported by Italy to the Commission and the Council on the recovery of the amount due from milk producers by virtue of the additional levy for the periods 1995/96 to 2001/02 (pursuant to Article 3 of Council Decision 2003/530/EC)

This assessment report has been produced pursuant to Article 3 of Council Decision 2003/530/EC of 16 July 2003 on the compatibility with the common market of aid that the Italian Republic intends to grant to its milk producers (hereinafter: ‘Council Decision’), in accordance with which the competent Italian authorities.

Article 3 of the Council Decision requires the competent Italian authorities to report annually to the Council and the Commission on the progress made by them in recovering the amount due from producers by virtue of the additional levy for the periods 1995/96 to 2001/02. Under that provision, the Italian authorities presented their tenth report to the Commission by letter from the AGEA (Agenzia per le Erogazioni in Agricoltura, Italian Agricultural Payments Agency) dated 13 November 2014 concerning payment of the 2013 instalment.

The report provides the Commission’s assessment of the progress reported by the Italian authorities for 2013 in recovering the additional levy both for the seven periods covered by the Council Decision and for those not covered by it.