29Before examining the questions, which should be dealt with together, the Court refers to the judgment in HI, cited above, in which it stated that:— the decision to withdraw an invitation to tender for a public procurement contract is one of those decisions in relation to which Member States are required under Directive 89/665 to establish review procedures for annulment, for the purposes of ensuring compliance with the rules of Community law on public procurement contracts and national rules implementing that law (paragraph 54);— the full attainment of the objective pursued by Directive 89/665 would be compromised if it were lawful for contracting authorities to withdraw an invitation to tender for a public service contract without being subject to the judicial review procedures designed to ensure that the directives laying down substantive rules concerning public procurement and the principles underlying those directives are genuinely complied with (paragraph 53).
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