34It must be borne in mind first of all that, where the Commission enjoys a significant freedom of assessment, as is the case when it is applying Article 92 of the Treaty, the Courts, when examining the lawfulness of the exercise of such freedom, cannot substitute their own assessment of the matter for that of the competent authority but must restrict themselves to examining whether the assessment of the competent authority contains a manifest error or constitutes a misuse of power (see, in particular, Case 57/72 Westzucker ν Einfuhr- und Vorratsstelle für 2.ucker [1973] ECR 321, paragraph 14).
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