Judgment_paragraph 84 · Vlaams Fonds voor de Sociale Integratie van Personen met een Handicap v Commission of the European Communities (T-102/00)

84Finally, there is no need in this case to consider whether that procedural irregularity may have had a particular effect on the contested decision, in accordance with the case-law which requires that such a condition must also be satisfied for failure to respect the rights of the defence to result in annulment of the contested decision (Case C-142/87 Belgium v Commission [1990] ECR I-959, paragraph 48, and Case C-191/98 P Tzoanos v Commission [1999] ECR I-8223, paragraph 34).