59First, as regards the recovery of unlawful aid, premature payment of unnotified aid does not contradict the aim of ensuring that incompatible aid is never implemented, upon which Article 108(3) TFEU is based, where the Commission adopts a final decision finding that aid to be compatible with the internal market. Therefore, the national courts are not bound to order recovery of that aid (see, to that effect, judgment of 24 November 2020, Viasat Broadcasting UK, C‑445/19, EU:C:2020:952, paragraph 25 and the case-law cited).
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