Moreover, the Commission has verified whether the function carried out would normally be vested in the government (is the provision of soybeans for less than adequate remuneration to soybean oil-producing companies in Argentina a normal government activity?) and whether such function does not, in real sense, differ from the practices normally followed by governments (does the actual provision of soybeans by growers, in real sense, differ from what the government would have done itself?).
La Banque mondiale a quant à elle indiqué que les pouvoirs publics argentins prélèvent des taxes à l'exportation élevées, ce qui a pour effet «de diminuer le coût des matières premières sur le marché intérieur et de stimuler les exportations de biodiesel».