Judgment_paragraph 49 · Fallimento Traghetti del Mediterraneo SpA v Presidenza del Consiglio dei Ministri (C-140/09)

49In that connection, the fact that the restrictions on the freedom to provide maritime transport services within Member States were abolished after the relevant period in the main proceedings does not necessarily exclude the possibility that the subsidies at issue in the main proceedings were liable to affect trade between Member States or that they distorted or threatened to distort competition.