114It should be borne in mind that the obligation laid down in Article 253 EC to state adequate reasons is an essential procedural requirement that must be distinguished from the question whether the reasoning is well founded, which goes to the substantive legality of the measure at issue (Case C-521/09 P Elf Aquitaine v Commission [2011] ECR I-8947, paragraph 146 and the case-law cited).
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