56Furthermore, it is settled case-law that the obligation on a Member State to abolish aid found by the Commission to be incompatible with the common market is to restore the previous situation on the European Union market (Case C-350/93 Commission v Italy [1995] ECR I-699, paragraph 21, and Case C-75/97 Belgium v Commission [1999] ECR I-3671, paragraph 64). As long as the aid is not recovered, the beneficiary of the aid is able to keep funds deriving from the aid declared incompatible and to benefit from the resulting unfair competitive advantage (Commission v France, paragraph 47).
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