54It should be borne in mind that, according to settled case-law, the fact that a Member State seeks to approximate, by unilateral measures, the conditions of competition in a particular sector of the economy to those prevailing in other Member States cannot deprive the measures in question of their character as aid (see, inter alia, Case C-372/97 Italy ν Commission [2004] ECR I-3679, paragraph 67, and the case-law cited).
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