69Accordingly, in taking the view, first of all, that the aid in question was not conceived as regional aid for new investment or to create employment or to provide horizontal compensation for infrastructural deficiencies suffered by all the region's undertakings, but as operating aid for the agricultural sector, the Commission did not misclassify the aid. It is common ground that the aid was granted according to the quantities of particular horticultural products produced for industrial processing in Extremadura and enabled farmers in that region to avoid expenses which they would normally have had to incur as part of their day-to-day running costs.
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