92In particular, the Commission expressly concluded, in recital 220 of the contested decision, that the CHP support measures were financed by means of a mandatory levy, referring in that regard, in footnote 65, to the case-law according to which funds financed by mandatory contributions imposed by the legislation of the State, managed and apportioned in accordance with that legislation, may be considered to be State resources within the meaning of Article 107(1) TFEU (judgments of 2 July 1974, Italy v Commission, 173/73, EU:C:1974:71, paragraph 35; of 19 December 2013, Association Vent De Colère! and Others, C‑262/12, EU:C:2013:851, paragraph 25; and of 15 May 2019, Achema and Others, C‑706/17, EU:C:2019:407, paragraph 54). Contrary to the Commission’s suggestion, it does not follow from that recital that the Commission examined whether the resources which the network operators received by means of the KWKG surcharge were subject to State control.
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