51In accordance with the case-law of the Court, a service may be of general economic interest where that interest has specific characteristics in comparison to the general economic interest of other economic activities (see, to that effect, judgments of 10 December 1991, Merci convenzionali porto di Genova, C‑179/90, EU:C:1991:464, paragraph 27; of 18 June 1998, Corsica Ferries France, C‑266/96, EU:C:1998:306, paragraph 45; of 23 May 2000, Sydhavnens Sten & Grus, C‑209/98, EU:C:2000:279, paragraph 75; and of 3 March 2011, AG2R Prévoyance, C‑437/09, EU:C:2011:112, paragraphs 71 and 72).
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