72Next, relying on paragraph 17 of the judgment of 8 December 2011, France Télécom v Commission (C‑81/10 P, EU:C:2011:811), the Commission considers, generally, that, from the point of view of EU law, it is irrelevant whether State aid is granted by a court or by another authority, in particular administrative authorities. It argues that State aid measures are objectively defined by their effects and not by their causes or objectives. If State aid could not be granted by a national court, the concept of ‘State aid’ would not be defined ‘objectively’, depending on the effects of the measure concerned, but ‘subjectively’, according to the public authority which adopted it.
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