Since the Commission already through the positive Decision assessed that the milk quality controls at issue were compatible with the internal market during the period from 28 November 2001 to 31 December 2006 and since between 31 December and 28 November 2011 less than 10 years lapsed, the period to which the present Decision applies starts on 1 January 2007.
Règlement (CE) no 659/1999 du Conseil du 22 mars 1999 portant modalités d'application de l'article 108 du traité sur le fonctionnement de l'Union européenne (ci-après le «TFUE») ( JO L 83 du 27.3.1999, p. 1).