40According to the settled case-law of the Court, the definition of aid is more general than that of a subsidy because it includes not only positive benefits, such as subsidies themselves, but also measures which, in various forms, mitigate the charges which are normally included in the budget of an undertaking and which thus, without being subsidies in the strict sense of the word, are similar in character and have the same effect (see, inter alia, judgment in Cassa di Risparmio di Firenze and Others, C‑222/04, EU:C:2006:8, paragraph 131 and the case-law cited).
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