106Article 17(1) of Regulation 2015/1589 provides that the powers of the Commission to recover unlawful aid are 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. Furthermore, under paragraph 3 of that article, any aid with regard to which that limitation period has expired is to be deemed to be existing aid (judgment of 26 April 2018, ANGED, C‑233/16, EU:C:2018:280, paragraph 79).
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