152It is apparent from that case-law that the Court’s assessment whether or not the statement of reasons in the contested acts is sufficient must be based solely on the reasons to be found in those acts, set in their context as it derives from, inter alia, previous acts which imposed or renewed restrictive measures against Zimbabwe. Consequently, reasons which are entirely new, disclosed by the defendant institutions in the course of proceedings, cannot compensate for any lack of or insufficiency of reasons stated in the contested acts. It was however open to those institutions to enlarge upon and clarify, before the Court, the reasons for the contested acts as they are found in those acts.
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