30That broad meaning of the concept of a decision taken by a contracting authority is confirmed by the Court's case-law. The Court has already held that Article 1(1) of Directive 89/665 does not lay down any restriction with regard to the nature and content of the decisions it refers to (Case C-81/98 Alcatel Austria and Others [1999] ECR I-7671, paragraph 35). Nor may such a restriction be inferred from the wording of Article 2(1)(b) of that directive (see, to that effect, Alcatel Austria and Others, paragraph 32). Moreover, a restrictive interpretation of the concept of a decision amenable to review would be incompatible with the provision in Article 2(1)(a) of that directive which requires the Member States to make provision for interim relief procedures in relation to any decision taken by the contracting authorities (HI, paragraph 49).
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