71Second, as regards the question whether the Netherlands Antilles are in a factual situation which differentiates them from all other persons and distinguishes them individually in the same way as a person to whom a measure is addressed, they submit that they were exporting the greater part of rice originating in the OCTs to the Community and that, at the time when Regulations No 2352/97 and No 2494/97 were adopted, the Commission was aware of that particular situation and ought, therefore, to have taken it into account in assessing the impact of the planned safeguard measures on the Netherlands Antilles' economy.
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