66Classification as aid within the meaning of Article 87(1) EC requires that all the conditions set out in that provision are fulfilled. First, there must be an intervention by the State or through State resources. Second, the intervention must be likely to affect trade between Member States. Third, it must confer an advantage on the recipient by favouring certain undertakings or the production of certain goods. Fourth, it must distort or threaten to distort competition (see Case T-34/02 Le Levant 001 and others v Commission [2006] ECR II-267, paragraph 110, and the case-law cited).
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