131First of all, it is settled case-law that the statement of reasons required by Article 253 EC must show clearly and unequivocally the reasoning of the Community authority which adopted the contested measure, so as to inform the persons concerned of the justification for the measure adopted and thus enable them to defend their rights and the Community judicature to exercise its powers of review (see in particular Case C-350/88 Delacre and Others v Commission [1990] ECR I-395, paragraph 15). Furthermore, it is not necessary for the reasoning to go into all the relevant facts and points of law, since the question whether the statement of reasons meets the requirements of Article 253 EC must be assessed with regard not only to its wording but also to its context and to all the legal rules governing the matter in question (Case T-16/96 City fly er Express v Commission [1998] ECR II-757, paragraph 65).
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