32The Commission, on the other hand, contends that, by adopting Regulation No 2799/1999, it laid down the rules for implementing Regulation No 1255/1999 without exceeding at any time the limits of the powers conferred on it by that regulation. The Commission bases its argument on the premiss that the concept of powers of implementation, which the Council may confer on it under Article 202 EC, must be given a wide interpretation (Case 23/75 Rey Soda [1975] ECR 1279, paragraphs 10 to 14, and Case C-159/96 Portugal v Commission [1998] ECR I-7379, paragraph 40).
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