(24) As regards the doubts as to whether the aid recipients were firms that had suffered damage and whether such damage had been caused exclusively by a natural disaster, the Italian authorities replied that damage was deemed to have affected most of the taxpayers in a given municipality only if:
(24) Seoses kahtlustega, kas toetuse saajad olid kahju kandnud ettevõtjad ning kas selline kahju oli põhjustatud üksnes loodusõnnetustest, vastasid Itaalia ametiasutused, et kahju loetakse enamikku antud omavalitsusüksuse maksumaksjaid mõjutanuks ainult sel juhul, kui: