199It is important to note, however, that the confidential nature of such information can reasonably be ruled out on account of the age of the information in question (orders in Joined Cases T-1/89 to T-4/89 and T-6/89 to T-15/89 Rhône-Poulenc and Others v Commission [1990] ECR II-637, paragraph 23, and in Joined Cases T-134/94, T-136/94 to T-138/94, T-141/94, T-145/94, T-147/94, T-148/94, T-151/94, T-156/94 and T-157/94 NMH Stahlwerke and Others v Commission [1996] ECR II-537, paragraph 24). In the present case, it can be seen from points 216, 218 and 219 of the statement of objections of 10 September 1999 that the information at issue essentially concerns minimum interest rates for loans for different banking products which were ostensibly granted by the applicant and the other banks in question in April 1996. Consequently, since that information goes back more than five years before the adoption of the contested decision, the hearing officer was legitimately able to conclude in the decision that the information had taken on a historical nature and that it could therefore be communicated to the FPÖ.
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