31Finally, the United Kingdom Government could have avoided the adverse financial consequences to which it refers by making available to the Commission the amount claimed while expressing reservations as to the validity of that institution's arguments (see, to that effect, Case C-96/89 Commission v Netherlands, cited above, paragraph 17).
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