CASE COMMENTS : STATE AID – AGRICULTURE/FOOD PRODUCTS - CRITERION OF STATE RESOURCES – COFINANCING THROUGH A PUBLIC BODY AND VOLUNTARY CONTRIBUTIONS FROM PROFESSIONALS OF A SECTOR

Criterion of state resources : The General Court confirms that measures cofinanced by State resources and voluntary professional contributions constituted State resources as a whole (France, Fedecom, Producteurs de légumes de France)

*This article is an automatic translation of the original article, provided here for your convenience. Read the original article. Trib. UE, 27 September 2012, France v. Commission, Case T-139/09, as well as Trib. UE, 27 September 2012, Fédération de l'organisation économique fruits et légumes (Fedecom) v. Commission, Case T-243/09 and Producteurs de légumes de France v. Commission, Case T-328/09. Between 1992 and 2002, France paid aid to fruit and vegetable producers under the 'contingency plans', the purpose of which was to promote the marketing of agricultural products harvested in France in a period of overproduction. By a series of judgments, the Court of First Instance dismisses the actions for annulment brought by the French authorities, as well as by the federations, against a

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