101As regards, however, the question whether such State aid meets the second condition laid down in Article 107(3)(c) TFEU, also noted in paragraph 19 of the present judgment, under which that aid must not adversely affect trading conditions to an extent contrary to the common interest, this condition, as the General Court correctly held, entails weighing up the positive effects of the planned aid for the development of the activities that that aid is intended to support and the negative effects that the aid may have on the internal market. Article 26(2) TFEU states that that market ‘shall comprise an area without internal frontiers in which the free movement of goods, persons, services and capital is ensured in accordance with the provisions of the Treaties’. Therefore, examination of the second condition laid down in Article 107(3)(c) TFEU entails the Commission taking into account the negative effects of the State aid on competition and trade between Member States, but does not require any negative effects other than those to be taken into account.
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