41As regards establishing such a substantial effect on a competing undertaking’s position on the market, the Court has held that the mere fact that a measure was able to exercise an influence on the competitive relationships existing on the relevant market and that the undertaking concerned was in a competitive relationship with the recipient of that measure cannot in any event suffice for that undertaking to be regarded as individually concerned by that measure. Therefore, an undertaking cannot rely solely on its status as a competitor of the recipient undertaking but must additionally show that its circumstances distinguish it in a similar way to the undertaking in receipt of the aid (judgment in Spain v Lenzing, paragraph 31 above, EU:C:2007:698, paragraphs 32 and 33).
Source: EUR-Lex, © European Union, 1998-2026. Reuse authorised under Decision 2011/833/EU.