31As regards imputability to the State, for the purposes of Article 107(1) TFEU, of the provision of those guarantees, it should be noted that that may not be inferred from the mere fact that they have been provided by a public undertaking controlled by the State. Even if the State is in a position to control a public undertaking and to exercise a decisive influence over its operations, actual exercise of that control in a particular case cannot be automatically presumed. It is also necessary to examine whether the public authorities must be regarded as having been involved, in one way or another, in the adoption of those measures (see, to that effect, judgment in France v Commission, EU:C:2002:294, paragraphs 50 to 52).
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