47The condition that there be a substantial effect on the applicant’s competitive position is a factor that is particular to that applicant, which must be assessed solely in relation to its market position prior to the grant of the measure at issue or in its absence. It is therefore not a matter of comparing the situation of all the competitors operating on the market in question (see, to that effect, Opinion of Advocate General Szpunar in Deutsche Lufthansa v Commission, C‑453/19 P, EU:C:2020:862, point 58). Moreover, as observed in paragraph 31 above, the Court of Justice has explained that it is not necessary for the applicant to provide information concerning its market shares, those of the beneficiary or of other competitors on that market. It thus follows that, in order to show that there has been a substantial effect on its competitive position, the applicant cannot be required to establish, with supporting evidence, what the competitive situation of its competitors is and to differentiate itself from that situation.
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