58According to settled case-law, the duration of the preliminary examination can, alongside other factors, constitute evidence that the Commission has encountered serious difficulties if it considerably exceeds the time usually taken for such an examination (judgments of 10 May 2000 in SIC v Commission, T‑46/97, ECR, EU:T:2000:123, paragraph 102, and of 10 July 2012 in TF1 and Others v Commission, T‑520/09, EU:T:2012:352, paragraph 54).
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