Judgment_paragraph 53 · Italian Republic v Council of the European Union and Commission of the European Communities (C-100/99)

53The Council refers, as regards the second and third pleas in law, to the wide discretion enjoyed by the Community legislature. As regards the reasons on which Regulations Nos 2799/98 and 2800/98 are based, the Council refers to the case-law of the Court, according to which the statement of reasons may merely indicate the general situation that led to the adoption of the measure in question, on the one hand, and the general objectives that it is intended to achieve, on the other hand (Case 5/67 Beus [1968] ECR 83, at 95).