43Secondly, so far as concerns the obligation to state reasons, it should be noted that, whilst the statement of reasons required by Article 190 of the EEC Treaty (after amendment, Article 190 of the EC Treaty, now in turn, Article 253 EC) must show clearly and unequivocally the reasoning of the Community authority which adopted the contested measure so as to enable the persons concerned to ascertain the reasons for it and to enable the Court to exercise its review, it is not required to go into every relevant point of fact and law. The question whether a statement of reasons for a measure satisfies those requirements must be assessed with reference not only to its wording but also to its context and the entire body of legal rules governing the matter in question (see, in particular, Case C-466/93 Atlanta Fruchthandelsgesellschaft and Others (II) [1995] ECR I-3799, paragraph 16; Case C-122/94 Commission v Council [1996] ECR I-881, paragraph 29; and Case C-183/95 Affish [1997] ECR I-4315, paragraph 63).
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