64Furthermore, it is for the national courts to uphold the rights of the persons concerned in the event of any breach by the national authorities of the prohibition on putting aid into effect, which is referred to in the last sentence of Article 93(3) of the Treaty and has direct effect. Where such a breach is invoked by individuals entitled to rely on, it and is established by the national courts, the latter must take all the consequential measures under national law as regards both the validity of decisions giving effect to the aid measures concerned and the recovery of the financial support granted (see Fedération nationale du commerce extérieur des produits alimentaires et Syndicat national des négociants et transformateurs de saumon, paragraph 12, and Lornoy and Others, paragraph 30).
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