67In the application of Article 107(3) TFEU, the Commission enjoys a discretion, the exercise of which involves complex assessments of an economic and social nature (see, to that effect, judgments in Deufil v Commission, 310/85, EU:C:1987:96, paragraph 18, and in Italy v Commission, C‑372/97, EU:C:2004:234, paragraph 83). Thus, the Court, in reviewing whether that discretion was lawfully exercised, cannot substitute its own assessment in the matter for that of the Commission (see, to that effect, judgments in Spain v Commission, C‑169/95, EU:C:1997:10, paragraph 34, and in Unicredito Italiano, EU:C:2005:774, paragraph 71).
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