77In that regard, the General Court was entitled to point out in paragraph 78 of the judgment under appeal that, in the case of an aid scheme, the Commission may confine itself to examining its characteristics in order to assess, in the grounds of the decision at issue, whether, by reason of the arrangements provided for under the scheme, the latter gives an appreciable advantage to beneficiaries in relation to their competitors and is likely to benefit in particular undertakings engaged in trade between Member States. Thus, in a decision which concerns such a scheme, the Commission is not required to carry out an analysis of the aid granted in individual cases under the scheme. It is only at the stage of recovery of the aid that it is necessary to look at the individual situation of each undertaking concerned.
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