141The applicant maintains that any person who may be adversely affected by the adoption of a decision must be placed in a position in which he may effectively make known his views of the evidence against him which the Commission has taken as the basis for the decision (Case T-450/93Lisrestal and Others v Commission [1994] ECR II-1177, paragraph 42). That principle also extends to any person who is directly and individually concerned by such a decision (Case C-135/92Fiskano v Commission [1994] ECR I-2885, paragraphs 26 and 41). The Commission has infringed the applicant's rights of defence, since it adopted contested decision II without any discussion with the applicant and without allowing it to express any views whatsoever.