Judgment_paragraph 29 · Italian Republic v Council of the European Union (C-120/99)

29At the same time, the Court has clarified the scope of that obligation, stating that the requirement to state reasons must be evaluated according to the circumstances of each case, in particular the content of the measure in question, the nature of the reasons given and the interest which the addressees of the measure, or other parties to whom it is of direct and individual concern, may have in obtaining explanations. It is not necessary for the reasoning to go into all the relevant facts and points of law since the question whether the statement of reasons meets the requirements of Article 190 of the Treaty must be assessed with regard not only to its wording but also to its context and to all the legal rules governing the matter in question (see Italy and Sardinia Lines v Commission, cited above, paragraph 65). That is a fortiori the case where the Member States have been closely associated with the process of drafting the contested measure and are thus aware of the reasons underlying the measure (see Case C-478/93 Netherlands v Commission [1995] ECR I-3081, paragraph 50).

Italian Republic v Council of the European Union (C-120/99)

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