2005/920/EC: Commission Decision of 20 July 2005 on a State aid implemented by Germany for a meat processing company, Greußener Salamifabrik GmbH (notified under document number C(2005) 2725)

The State aid which Germany has granted in the form of a guarantee in 1996 to Greußener Salamifabrik GmbH amounting to DEM 880000 is incompatible with the common market.

1 Germany shall take all appropriate measures to recover from the recipient the payments made under the guarantee referred to in Article 1.

2 Recovery of the aid shall be effected without delay and in accordance with the procedures of national law in so far as they allow the immediate and effective execution of the decision. The amounts to be recovered shall include interest from the date on which it was at the disposal of the recipient until the date of its actual recovery. Interest shall be calculated on the basis of the reference rate used for calculating the grant-equivalent of regional aid.

The State aid which Germany planned to grant to the Greußener Salamifabrik GmbH in the form of a guarantee amounting to DEM 2 million is incompatible with the common market. This aid may not therefore be granted.

Germany shall inform the Commission, within two months of notification of this Decision, of the measures taken to comply with it.

This Decision is addressed to the Federal Republic of Germany.