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Does Aid for Theatres affect Trade between Member States?
I. Introduction Asking this question might provoke some opposite reactions within the State aid community. Those familiar with the jurisprudence of the Courts and the Commission’s practice will rightly say that aid for theatres may, like any other type of aid, at least potentially, have an effect on trade between Member States. In the absence of an appreciability criterion – leaving the de minimis-rule aside – the effect on trade, under the current st