43In any event, it is necessary to recall the preliminary nature of the statement of objections, the function of that document, as defined by the European Union regulations, being to give undertakings all the information necessary to enable them properly to defend themselves, before the Commission adopts a final decision (Case T-352/94 Mo och Domsjö v Commission [1998] ECR II-1989, paragraph 63; Case T-308/94 Cascades v Commission [1998] ECR II-925, paragraph 42, and Case T-86/95 Compagnie générale maritime and Others v Commission [2002] ECR II-1011, paragraph 442). Although the Commission must thus base its final decision only on objections on which the parties have been able to comment (Article 27(1) of Regulation No 1/2003), it is not required to reproduce all the evidence set out in the statement of objections, particularly if that evidence appears insufficient. Consequently, the decision does not necessarily have to be an exact replica of the statement of objections (Joined Cases 209/78 to 215/78 and 218/78 van Landewyck and Others v Commission [1980] ECR 3125, paragraph 68).
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