The Italian Regional Administrative Court of Lazio delivers a decision on the annulment of state aid in transformation and marketing of agricultural products (Parmalat)

On 2 July 2014, TAR Lazio delivered Decision No. 7035 in which it rejected the annulment action brought by Parmalat S.p.A. (“Parmalat”) regarding the decree whereby it was denied access to certain subsidies. Background & facts of the case In 2008, Parmalat applied for subsidies under an aid regime for the transformation and marketing of agricultural products (“Progetto Qualità”). The Ministry of Economic Development approved the request for subsidies on condition that Parmalat explicitly accepted a 10% aid intensity and that the Interministerial Committee for Economic Planning and Sustainable Development (“CIPE”) authorised the execution of the related