41So far as concerns the freedom of the Member States with regard to the choice of method of recovery of such aid, the Court has stated that that freedom is limited in so far as those rules and procedures cannot have the effect of making the recovery required by EU law practically impossible (see, to that effect, judgment in Mediaset, C‑69/13, EU:C:2014:71, paragraph 34 and the case-law cited). The application of national procedures is subject to the condition that those procedures allow the immediate and effective execution of the Commission’s decision, a condition which reflects the requirements of the principle of effectiveness laid down by case-law of the Court (judgment in Commission v Italy, C‑243/10, EU:C:2012:182, paragraph 36 and the case-law cited).
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