Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 1370/2014 of 19 December 2014 providing for temporary exceptional aid to milk producers in Finland

Union aid of a total amount of EUR 10729307 shall be available to Finland to provide targeted support to milk producers affected by the Russian ban on import of Union products. Finland shall use that amount on the basis of objective and non-discriminatory criteria, provided that the resulting payments do not cause distortion of competition. For this purpose, Finland shall take into account the extent of the effects of the Russian import ban on the producers concerned. Finland shall make those payments by 31 May 2015 at the latest.

Finland may grant additional support to the milk producers receiving the aid referred to in Article 1, up to a maximum equal to the amount provided for in that Article. That additional support shall be granted under the same conditions of objectiveness, non-discrimination and non-distortion of competition and shall take into account the national aid producers have received for the same purpose on the basis of Article 142 of the Act of Accession of Austria, Finland and Sweden. Finland shall pay the additional support by 31 May 2015 at the latest.

Finland shall notify the Commission of the following: (a) without delay and no later than 30 April 2015, the objective criteria used to determine the methods for granting targeted support and the measures taken to avoid distortion of competition; (b) no later than 31 July 2015, the total amounts paid and the number and type of beneficiaries.

This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.