For example, a study undertaken by the Spanish Competition Commission[23] shows that on the average almost 40% of the revenues of suppliers in the grocery supply chain was generated by only three retailers in 2010.

Contrary to the Commission’s position as expressed in the initiating Decision, the Spanish authorities maintain that Article 12(5) TRLIS does not constitute an exception to the Spanish corporate tax system since: (i) the Spanish accounting system is not an appropriate point of reference to substantiate the existence of an exception to the tax system; and (ii) even if it were, the characterisation of financial goodwill as a depreciable asset over time has historically been a general feature of the Spanish accounting and corporate tax ...[+++]systems.

Following allegations made by a complainant by letter registered on 5 April 2006 that the Spanish authorities had granted State aid to Pickman — La Cartuja de Sevilla SA (hereinafter ‘Pickman’ or ‘the company’), the European Commission (hereinafter ‘the Commission’) requested information from the Spanish authorities by letters dated 12 April 2006 and 12 February 2007, to which the Spanish authorities replied by letters registered on 7 June 2006, 30 August 2006 and 18 April 2007.

EUROPA - EU law and publications - EUR-Lex - EUR-Lex - 32008D0022 - EN - 2008/22/EC: Commission Decision of 19 December 2007 laying down rules for the implementation of Decision No 573/2007/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing the European Refugee Fund for the period 2008 to 2013 as part of the General programme Solidarity and Management of Migration Flows as regards Member States’ management and control systems, the rules for administrative and financial management and the eligibility of expenditure on projects co-financed by the Fund (notified under document number C(2007) 6396) - COMMISSION DECISION // laying ...[+++]down rules for the implementation of Decision No 573/2007/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing the European Refugee Fund for the period 2008 to 2013 as part of the General programme ‘Solidarity and Management of Migration Flows’ as regards Member States’ management and control systems, the rules for administrative and financial management and the eligibility of expenditure on projects co-financed by the Fund // (Only the Bulgarian, Czech, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Italian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Maltese, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish and Swedish texts are authentic) // (2008/22/EC)

2. In accordance with the principle of equal treatment, the benefits provided for in Royal Decree No 2805/79 of 7 December 1979 on voluntary affiliation to the general social security scheme shall be extended to the nationals of the other Member States, refugees and stateless persons residing in Community territory who, by taking up employment with an international body, cease to be compulsorily affiliated to the Spanish social security system.`;

Finally, the Commission has also taken note of the willingness of the Spanish authorities to make an extra capital injection of Pta 20 billion during the first quarter of 1997, but not to make it until the eight criteria and objectives set out in point VI above have been met. Meeting these objectives and criteria will be checked on the basis of the Iberia's accounts for 1995 and 1996, as audited in accordance with Spanish law.