The EU Commission finds that Italian aid granted to companies suffering damage from natural disasters is incompatible, but that recovery is impossible (Measures linked to natural disasters)

a) Natural Disasters and b) Absolute Impossibility to Recover Incompatible State Aid* Aid to remedy the damage caused by natural disasters can be granted only if the damage is the direct consequence of the disaster and the amount of aid must be limited to the actual damage suffered by each individual undertaking. Absence of documentary evidence can lead to absolute impossibility to recover incompatible aid. Introduction Article 107(2) TFEU declares three categories of aid to be compatible with the internal market. This means that aid granted for the purposes allowed by Article 107(2) is not subject to an assessment by the Commission on whether its benefits outweigh the distortions it causes. However, Member States still have to comply with requirements stemming directly from the