45It points out, first, that, according to the case-law, associations may be regarded as individually concerned by a State aid decision only if they are associations of competing undertakings, have taken an active part in the administrative procedure under Article 88(2) EC and if their capacity as a negotiating partner has been affected or if, by bringing the action for annulment, they have substituted themselves for one or more of the members whom they represent, on condition that those members are themselves in a position to bring an admissible action (judgments of the Court of Justice in Case 169/84 Cofaz and Others v Commission [1986] ECR 391, paragraph 25; Joined Cases 67/85, 68/85 and 70/85 Van der Kooy and Others v Commission [1988] ECR 219, paragraphs 21 to 24; Case C-313/90 CIRFS and Others v Commission [1993] ECR I-1125, paragraphs 28 to 30; and Case C-106/98 P Comité d'entreprise de la Société française de production and Others v Commission [2000] ECR I-3659, paragraph 42; judgment of the Court of First Instance in Case T-380/94 AIUFFASS and AKT v Commission [1996] ECR II-2169, paragraph 50). The applicant here fulfils none of these conditions, however, except for the one relating to active participation in the procedure.
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