55As regards the fourth condition cited in paragraph 27 of this judgment, to the effect that the intervention by the State must distort or threaten to distort competition, it must be borne in mind that aid, that is to say aid which is intended to release an undertaking from costs which it would normally have had to bear in its day-to-day management or normal activities, distorts the conditions of competition (see Case C-156/98 Germany ν Commission [2000] ECR I-6857, paragraph 30, and the case-law cited).
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