37The Court has also held that the social character of State assistance is not sufficient to exclude it outright from being categorised as aid for the purposes of Article 92 of the Treaty (see, inter alia, Italy ν Commission, cited above, paragraph 13; Kimberly Clark, paragraph 21; and Case C-75/97 Belgium ν Commission [1999] ECR I-3671, paragraph 25).
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