REGARDING THE EXISTENCE OF AID TO RENDERING UNDERTAKINGS

Rendering is also an economic activity.

In this legal context, several undertakings provide rendering services.

This therefore excludes all pets owned by private individuals, who pay for the rendering services provided.

Although commonly known as the rendering levy because of its original objective, it was never officially called that.

Destruction of meat will be effected after weighing and transport to a rendering plant, where all materials shall be rendered.

The complainant maintains that the requirement to maintain an epidemic reserve does not entail any net costs for animal disposal plants.

Enterprises further downstream — such as slaughterhouses or disposal undertakings — may not benefit from aid in any circumstances [65].

Rendering was therefore carried out in the country of origin on the bulk of meat products imported into France.

the quantities of carcasses transported under seal from the slaughterhouse and received at the rendering plant, animal movement permit and seal numbers

Rendering and transport costs unduly charged to the EU budget; dead animals claimed for EU financing

The complainant also maintains that the capacities of the neighbouring Länder should be taken into account when planning the capacity of a disposal plant.

The existence and indeed the nature of the aid must be established at the level of the potential beneficiaries of the PRS and the way it is financed.

The Commission considers that this conclusion also applies in the case of rendering undertakings, butcheries and cutting plants holding SRM and trade exempted from payment.

Thus the necessary epidemic reserve can be covered by the operational spare capacity available in the course of normal operation of disposal plants.