29It should be noted, in this respect, that Article 107(3) TFEU confers on the Commission broad discretion to allow aid by way of derogation from the general prohibition laid down in paragraph 1 of that article, inasmuch as the determination, in those cases, of whether State aid is compatible or incompatible with the internal market raises problems which make it necessary to examine and appraise complex economic facts and conditions. Judicial review by the European Union judicature must therefore, in this respect, be limited to checking that the rules on procedure and the statement of reasons have been complied with, that the facts are materially accurate, and that there has been no manifest error of assessment and no misuse of powers. It is, therefore, not for the Court to substitute its economic assessment for that of the Commission. The Commission may adopt a policy as to how it will exercise its discretion in the form of measures such as the Guidelines, insofar as those measures contain rules indicating the approach which the institution is to take and they do not depart from the rules of the Treaty. In that context, it is for the Court to verify whether the rules which the Commission imposed upon itself have been observed (judgment of 30 January 2002 in Keller and Keller Meccanica v Commission, T‑35/99, ECR, EU:T:2002:19, paragraph 77; see also, to that effect, judgment of 1 December 2004 in Kronofrance v Commission, T‑27/02, ECR, EU:T:2004:348, paragraph 79 and the case-law cited).
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