76So far as concerns the second condition, it should be borne in mind that for the purpose of categorising a national measure as State aid, it is necessary, not to establish that the aid has a real effect on trade between Member States and that competition is actually being distorted, but only to examine whether that aid is liable to affect such trade and distort competition (Case C-148/04 Unicredito Italiano [2005] ECR I-11137, paragraph 54, and Case C-222/04 Cassa di Risparmio di Firenze and Others [2006] ECR I-289, paragraph 140).
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