24It is thus not disputed that, for a measure to be classified as State aid for the purposes of Article 107(1) TFEU, first, there must be an intervention by the State or through State resources; second, the intervention must be liable to affect trade between Member States; third, it must confer an advantage on the recipient; and fourth, it must distort or threaten to distort competition (judgment in Trapeza Eurobank Ergasias, C‑690/13, EU:C:2015:235, paragraph 17 and the case-law cited).
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