91As a preliminary point, it should be borne in mind that in accordance with the case-law, as regards the conditions relating to the distortion of competition and the effect on trade for the purpose of categorising a national measure as State aid, it is necessary not to establish that the aid at issue has a real effect on trade between Member States and that competition is actually being distorted, but only to examine whether that aid is liable to affect such trade and distort competition (see judgment of 14 January 2015, Eventech, C‑518/13, EU:C:2015:9, paragraph 65 and the case-law cited).
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