88It should be noted that the applicant has been subject to restrictive measures since 23 June 2008. In correspondence between that date and the date of adoption of the first of the contested measures, namely 17 November 2009, a number of documents passed to and from the applicant and the Council, including, in particular, the Council’s letter of 1 October 2009 whereby the Council informed the applicant of additional reasons for the adoption of the restrictive measures concerning the applicant. That document is part of the background to the adoption of the contested measures in the present cases and may, consequently, be taken into consideration in their examination.