137It should be pointed out in that regard that, while the obligation to state reasons for a Community measure must be appropriate to the act at issue and must disclose in a clear and unequivocal fashion laid down under Article 253 EC the reasoning followed by the institution which adopted the measure in question in such a way as to enable the persons concerned to ascertain the reasons for the measure and to enable the competent court to exercise its power of review (Case 1/69 Italy v Commission [1969] ECR 277, paragraph 9, and Case C-310/99 Italy v Commission [2002] ECR I-2289, paragraph 48), the Commission is not required to state the reasons why it made a different assessment of the regime in question in its previous decisions. The concept of State aid must be applied to an objective situation, which falls to be appraised on the date on which the Commission takes its decision.
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