59As the Advocate General notes at point 83 of his Opinion, such an obligation cannot be founded solely on Article 190 of the Treaty. Moreover, as the Commission and the interveners have observed, it follows from the judgments cited in paragraphs 38 and 39 of this judgment that the Commission is not obliged to give the complainants an opportunity to state their views at the stage of the initial review provided for by Article 93(3) of the Treaty. Furthermore, those judgments show that, in the context of an examination under Article 93(2), the Commission is required merely to give notice to the parties concerned to submit their comments. Consequently, as observed by the interveners and by the Advocate General at point 91 of his Opinion, the imposition on the Commission of an obligation requiring it to conduct an exchange of views and arguments with the complainant in the context of the initial review provided for by Article 93(3) of the Treaty could lead to conflict between the procedural regime established by that provision and that laid down by Article 93(2).
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