Indeed, with regard to the difficulty of the situation in which the beneficiary undertakings would find themselves if the aid were declared incompatible and recovered, it should be recalled that recovery of incompatible aid is necessary to restore the previous situation, i.e. the situation without distorted competition that existed before the aid was granted.
Seoses raske olukorraga, millesse abi saanud ettevõtjad satuksid, kui abi tunnistataks ühisturuga kokkusobimatuks ja tagasi nõutaks, tuleb meenutada, et ühisturuga kokkusobimatu abi tagasinõudmine on vajalik eelneva olukorra, st enne abi andmist valitsenud konkurentsimoonutusteta olukorra taastamiseks.