2000/425/EC: Commission Decision of 16 November 1999 on aid… Article 2

Article 2

1. France shall take the necessary steps to recover from the recipient the aid referred to in Article 1 which has already been unlawfully paid. 2. The aid shall be recovered forthwith in accordance with the procedures of national law, insofar as they permit the immediate and effective enforcement of this Decision. The aid to be recovered shall include interest calculated from the date on which the aid was granted to the date on which it is recovered. The interest shall be calculated on the basis of the reference rate used to calculate the grant equivalent of regional aid.