Brussels, 18/02/2011 (Agence Europe) - On Friday 18 February, the Commission published a few figures on levels of illegal state aid recovered by the member states over the last 10 years and the ever-increasing pace of this activity recently, particularly due to new, reinforced rules applied by the Commission.
Between 2000 and 2010, the member states recovered a total of €10.9 billion in illegal state aid, with a further €1.8 billion still outstanding. For 2010 alone, this figure was...