68As a preliminary point, it must be recalled that it is clear from the case-law of the Court that the Member State to which a decision requiring recovery of unlawful aid declared incompatible with the internal market is addressed is obliged under Article 288 TFEU to take all measures necessary to ensure implementation of that decision. It must succeed in actually recovering the sums owed in order to eliminate the distortion of competition caused by the anticompetitive advantage procured by that aid (judgment of 9 November 2017, Commission v Greece, C‑481/16, not published, EU:C:2017:845, paragraph 23).
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