95In accordance with the principles on the burden of proof in the State aid sector, the Commission must provide proof of such aid. In this regard, the Commission is required to conduct a diligent and impartial examination of the measures at issue, so that it has at its disposal, when adopting a final decision establishing the existence and, as the case may be, the incompatibility or unlawfulness of the aid, the most complete and reliable information possible (see, to that effect, judgments of 2 September 2010 in Commission v Scott, C‑290/07 P, ECR, EU:C:2010:480, paragraph 90, and of 3 April 2014 in France v Commission, C‑559/12 P, ECR, EU:C:2014:217, paragraph 63). With regard to the standard of proof required, the nature of the evidence the Commission must adduce depends, to a large extent, on the nature of the State measure at issue (see, to that effect, judgment in France v Commission, cited above, EU:C:2014:217, paragraph 66).
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