51The Commission observes that the letter of 26 January 2000 does not bring about a substantial change in the applicants' legal position. The letter of 26 January 2000 merely states that the difficulties encountered by the applicants are part of the commercial risk to which all operators are exposed. The Commission states that, if the letter of 26 January 2000 were to be interpreted as an implicitrejection of the applicants' requests, it has been held that a negative decision may be the subject of an action for annulment when the act which the institution has refused to adopt could have been challenged under Article 230 EC (see, for example, Case T-330/94 Salt Union v Commission [ 1996] ECR II-1475, paragraph 32).
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