(ANSA) - BRUSSELS, MARCH 03 - The decision by Brussels to order Italy to recover the legal aid granted as tax exemptions on the ICI between 2006 and 2011 concerns activities that are of an economic nature even when carried out by non-commercial entities such as the Church.
This was indicated by an EU spokesman during the daily press point.
"The entities that carry out non-economic activities - he explains -, such as strictly religious ones, will not be affected by the order" to recover state aid, "however, when such activities are of an economic nature, the fact that they are carried out by non-commercial entities does not preclude the discipline" EU "of state aid".
(HANDLE).