24First, the Commission is not empowered to determine conclusively, by reasoned opinions formulated pursuant to Article 226 EC or other statements of its position in the course of such proceedings, the rights and duties of a Member State or to afford that State guarantees concerning the compatibility of a given line of conduct with Community law (see, to that effect, Joined Cases 142/80 and 143/80 Essevi and Salengo [1981] ECR 1413, paragraph 16).
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