48In addition, the applicant points out that, where the financial assistance allocated for an operation does not seem justified, Article 24(1) of the coordinating regulation requires the Commission to conduct a suitable examination in the framework of the partnership, in particular by requesting that the Member State or authorities designated by it to implement the operation submit their comments within a specified period of time. In that regard, it maintains that that opportunity which, according to the case-law, constitutes an essential procedural requirement, the disregard of which renders the measure adopted void (Case C-291/89 Interhotel v Commission [1991] ECR I-2257, paragraph 17, and Case C-304/89 Oliveira v Commission [1991] ECR I-2283, paragraph 21), was not afforded to the Belgian authorities since the results of the second check and the invitation to submit comments in regard to them were not sent to the AEW until 15 February 2000, that is to say, after the contested decision had been adopted.
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