26It is settled case-law that the subject-matter of proceedings brought under Article 226 EC is circumscribed by the pre-litigation procedure provided for by that provision and that, consequently, the Commission's reasoned opinion and the application must be based on the same complaints (see, inter alia, Case C-139/00 Commission v Spain [2002] ECR I-6407, paragraph 18).
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