124With regard to the first limb of this ground of appeal, it is settled case-law that the statement of reasons required by Article 190 of the Treaty must disclose in a clear and unequivocal fashion the reasoning followed by the Community institution which adopted the measure in question in such a way as to enable the persons concerned to ascertain the reasons for the measure in order to defend their rights and to enable the Community judicature to exercise its power of review (see, inter alia, Case C-482/99 France v Commission [2002] ECR I-4397, paragraph 41).
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