44In relation to the decision imposing fines being published after these proceedings were brought, it should be recalled that the legal interest of the addressee of a decision in challenging that decision cannot be denied on the ground that it has already been implemented, since annulment per se of such a decision may have legal consequences, in particular by obliging the Commission to take the measures needed to comply with the Courts judgment and by preventing the Commission from repeating such a practice (AKZO Chemie v Commission, cited in paragraph 29 above, paragraph 21; Case 207/86 Apesco v Commission [1988] ECR 2151, paragraph 16; Case T-46/92 Scottish Football Association v Commission [1994] ECR II-1039, paragraph 14; order in Case T-256/97 BEUC v Commission [1999] ECR II-169, paragraph 18).
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