90That is why any failure to comply with the second and fourth Altmark conditions, although relevant to the examination of the question as to whether such a service is provided under normal market conditions, is not relevant to the assessment of the proportionality of the aid in the context of the application of Article 106(2) TFEU. In fact, the applicant’s line of argument leads, ultimately, to requiring that services of general economic interest must always be provided under normal market conditions. If such a requirement were accepted, however, the application of competition rules might obstruct the performance, in law or in fact, of the particular tasks assigned to undertakings entrusted with the operation of services of general economic interest, which Article 106(2) TFEU seeks precisely to prevent (see, to that effect, judgment in M6 v Commission, cited in paragraph 62 above, EU:T:2010:272, paragraph 136).
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