Judgment_paragraph 64 · European Commission v Republic of Bulgaria (C-632/23)

64Secondly, in so far as the Republic of Bulgaria maintains that it took numerous measures within the prescribed period, namely, in essence, the drafting of tender specifications for the selection of an expert to assess the market price of the swapped plots of forest land and the launch of tender procedures, the fact that, for the tender procedures organised in 2016 and 2017, it required 132 swap transactions to be examined and the market value of the swapped plots of forest land to be determined, the fact that it calculated the exact amount of aid received and that it issued recovery orders for that aid, it should be noted that, regardless of the actual date on which those measures were taken, none of them constitutes effective recovery of the amounts of State aid in accordance with Articles 4 and 5 of Decision 2015/456, since that decision implies an obligation to achieve a specific result (see, to that effect, judgment of 14 April 2011, Commission v Poland, C‑331/09, EU:C:2011:250, paragraphs 56 and 57 and the case-law cited).

European Commission v Republic of Bulgaria (C-632/23)

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