44The selective application of a State measure constitutes one of the characteristics of State aid within the meaning of Article 107(1) TFEU (see, to that effect, Case C-200/97 Ecotrade [1998] ECR I-7907, paragraph 40; judgment of 24 November 2011 in Case C‑458/09 P Italy v Commission, not published in the ECR, paragraph 56; and Case T-55/99 CETM v Commission [2000] ECR II-3207, paragraph 39). That article prohibits aid ‘favouring certain undertakings or the production of certain goods’, that is to say selective aid. Thus, advantages resulting from a general measure applicable without distinction to all economic operators do not constitute State aid within the meaning of that article (Case C-66/02 Italy v Commission [2005] ECR I-10901, paragraph 99).
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