62According to settled case-law, the scope of the duty to state reasons depends on the nature of the measure in question and on the context in which it was adopted. The statement of reasons must disclose in a clear and unequivocal fashion the reasoning followed by the institution which adopted the measure, so as to enable the persons concerned to ascertain the reasons for it so that they can defend their rights and ascertain whether or not the measure is well founded and to enable the Community judicature to exercise its power of review (Commission v Sytraval and Brink's France, cited in paragraph 52 above, paragraph 63; Joined Cases T-228/99 and T-233/99 Westdeutsche Landesbank Girozentrale v Commission [2003] ECR II-435, paragraph 278; and Case T-109/01 Fleuren Compost v Commission [2004] ECR II-127, paragraph 119).
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