69Next, it is also settled case-law that Article 87 EC does not distinguish between measures of State intervention by reference to their causes or aims but defines them in relation to their effects (see Case C-480/98 Spain v Commission [2000] ECR I-8717, paragraph 16, and the case-law cited).
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