Recovery of aid unlawfully granted: The CFI holds that the European Commission is allowed to order the recovery of aid unlawfully granted before its accession to the EU (ISD Polska and Industrial Union of Donbass)

*This article is an automatic translation of the original article, provided here for your convenience. Read the original article. CFI, 1 July 2009, ISD Polska and Industrial Union of Donbass a.o. v. Commission, joined cases T-297/06 and T 297/06 Between 2002 and 2005, the Polish steel producer Huta Czestochowa S.A. "('HCz') was restructured after having received State aid in various forms in the period 1997 2002. Its assets were transferred to new companies during the restructuring process. Shortly after Poland's accession to the European Union, the Commission decided to open the investigation procedure into the aid received by HCz and other companies involved in the restructuring. On 5 July 2005, in a final decision, the Commission considered the aid paid to HCz between 1997