58The procedure for replacing an annulled measure must be resumed at the very point at which the illegality occurred (see, to this effect, Council v Parliament, 34/86, ECR, EU:C:1986:291, paragraph 47), the annulment of an act not necessarily affecting the preparatory acts (Fédesa and Others, C‑331/88, ECR, EU:C:1990:391, paragraph 34). The annulment of an act concluding an administrative proceeding which comprises several stages does not necessarily entail the annulment of the entire procedure prior to the adoption of the contested act, regardless of the grounds, procedural or substantive, of the judgment pronouncing the annulment (see Industrie des poudres sphériques v Council, T‑2/95, ECR, EU:T:1998:242, paragraph 91 and cited case-law). The author of the act must thus have reference to the date on which it had adopted the annulled act with a view to adopting the replacement act (see, to this effect, O2 (Germany) v Commission, T‑328/03, ECR, EU:T:2006:116, paragraphs 47 and 48). It may, however, rely, in its new decision, on grounds other than those on which it based its first decision (see, to this effect, Interporc v Commission, paragraph 56 above, EU:C:2003:125, paragraphs 28 to 32). In addition, it is not required to rule again on aspects of the initial decision which were not called into question by the judgment annulling that decision (see, to this effect, Tremblay and Others v Commission, T‑224/95, ECR, EU:T:1997:187, paragraphs 53 and 72).
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