Commission Decision of 26 September 2006 concerning the State aid granted by the Netherlands to Holland Malt BV (notified under document number C(2006) 4196)

The state aid which the Netherlands has granted to Holland Malt BV in the form of a subsidy of EUR 7425000, subject to authorisation by the Commission, is incompatible with the common market.

The Netherlands shall withdraw the state aid referred to in Article 1.

1 The Netherlands shall take all necessary measures to recover from the recipient the aid referred to in Article 1 and unlawfully made available to the recipient.

2 Recovery shall be effected without delay and in accordance with the procedures of national law, provided that they allow the immediate and effective execution of this Decision. The aid to be recovered shall include interest from the date on which it was made available to the recipient until its actual recovery. Interest shall be calculated on the basis of the reference rate used for calculating the net grant equivalent under the regional aid rules.

The Netherlands 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 Kingdom of the Netherlands.