22In paragraph 105 of its judgment in Italy v Commission, cited above, the Court also recalled that, as to the argument that repayment would be complicated and hard to verify and the argument concerning the wide reach of the aid scheme across the fabric of national production industry, it is sufficient to point out, in accordance with the case-law of the Court, that apprehension of even insuperable internal difficulties cannot justify a failure by a Member State to fulfil its obligations under Community law (see, in particular, Commission v Portugal, cited above, paragraph 52).
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