86It should also be noted that, according to settled case-law, classification of a measure as ‘State aid’, for the purposes of Article 107(1) TFEU, requires all of the following conditions to be fulfilled. First, there must be an intervention by the State or through State resources. Second, that intervention must be liable to affect trade between Member States. Third, it must confer a selective advantage on the recipient. Fourth, it must distort or threaten to distort competition (judgment of 21 October 2020, Eco TLC, C‑556/19, EU:C:2020:844, paragraph 18 and the case-law cited).
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