A part of the revenue from the tax has also been used to support dairy companies forced to destroy milk contaminated by polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) during the 2007-2008 marketing year.
D'après les autorités françaises, ce soutien financier a été accordé dans le cadre d'un régime de minimis relevant du règlement (CE) no 1998/2006 de la Commission.