70In that regard, it should be borne in mind that Article 339 TFEU, on which the Commission relies in support of its plea of inadmissibility, provides that the Commission is required not to disclose information of the kind covered by the obligation of professional secrecy, in particular information about undertakings, their business relations or their cost components. That obligation is referred to in Article 24 of Regulation No 659/1999 as regards information acquired through the application of that regulation. According to that provision, the obligation to respect professional secrecy is imposed not only on the Commission but also on the Member States, their officials and other servants, including independent experts appointed by the Commission. Article 25 of Regulation No 659/1999 states that the Commission is to notify decisions taken pursuant to Chapters II to V and VII of that regulation without delay to the Member State concerned and give the latter the opportunity to indicate to the Commission which information it considers to be covered by the obligation of professional secrecy. Furthermore, the Commission set out in Communication C(2003) 4582 (see paragraph 52 above) how it deals with requests by Member States, as addressees of State aid decisions, for parts of such decisions to be considered to be covered by the obligation of professional secrecy and thus not to be disclosed in the published version.
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