79Under Article 15(1) of Regulation No 659/1999, reproduced in Article 17 of Regulation 2015/1589, the powers of the Commission to recover unlawful aid are to be subject to a limitation period of 10 years. By virtue of paragraph 2 of that article, the limitation period begins on the day on which the unlawful aid is awarded to the beneficiary, either as individual aid or as aid under an aid scheme, and any action taken by the Commission or by a Member State, acting at the request of the Commission, with regard to the unlawful aid interrupts the limitation period. Moreover, according to paragraph 3 of that article, any aid with regard to which the limitation period has expired is to be deemed to be existing aid.
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