2013/294/EU: Commission Decision of 19 December 2012 on state aid SA 26374 (C 49/08) (ex N 402/08) implemented by Poland for PZL Dębica S.A. (notified under document C(2012) 9464) Text with EEA relevance

The procedure laid down in Article 108(2) of the Treaty instituted by the Commission Decision of 19 December 2008 concerning state aid C 49/08 (ex N 402/08) — Restructuring aid to PZL Dębica is closed in respect of the following measures for PZL Dębica: a) two measures amounting to PLN 4965800 and PLN 5534200, which Poland notified on 13 August 2008 and withdrew on 10 October 2011 pursuant to Article 8 of the Procedural Regulation; b) a measure amounting to PLN 914522,15 with regard to which a decision of the Tax Office was issued on 20 October 2003, on the basis that it was granted before Poland acceded to the EU and is not applicable after that date; c) a measure with a nominal value of PLN 61104,97, plus interest of PLN 103566,29, settled on 14 August 2012, constituting unlawful aid pursuant to Article 7(5) of Regulation (EC) No 659/1999. The aid was recovered on 14 August 2012 by Poland in line with the recovery notice ; d) the five measures for PZL Dębica listed in Table 7, on the grounds that they were de minimis aid within the meaning of Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 69/2001; e) the deferral of PLN [7-13 million] awarded to PZL Dębica on the basis of the deferral agreement of 1 March 2012 with the Social Security Office, pursuant to Article 7(2) of Regulation (EC) No 659/1999, on the grounds that the measure does not constitute aid within the meaning of Article 107(1) of the Treaty.

This decision is addressed to the Republic of Poland.