63In the event that an alteration to an existing aid scheme does constitute new aid, the Commission must examine the extent to which it affects the existing aid scheme. In principle, it is only the alteration as such that constitutes new aid. It is only where the alteration affects the actual substance of the original scheme that it is transformed into a new aid scheme. However, an alteration does not affect the actual substance of the original scheme where the new element is clearly severable from the original scheme (Joined Cases T-195/01 and T-207/01 Government of Gibraltar v Commission [2002] ECR II-2309, paragraphs 109 to 111).
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