44According to settled case-law, the legality of a contested measure falls to be assessed on the basis of the elements of fact and of law existing at the time when the measure was adopted (Joined Cases 15/76 and 16/76 France v Commission [1979] ECR 321, paragraph 7; Case 114/83 Société d’initiatives et de coopération agricoles and Société interprofessionnelle des producteurs et expéditeurs de fruits, légumes, bulbes et fleurs d’Ille-et-Vilaine v Commission [1984] ECR 2589, paragraph 22; Joined Cases T-79/95 and T-80/95 SNCF and British Railways v Commission [1996] ECR II-1491, paragraph 48; and Case T-46/09 Greece v Commission [2013] ECR, paragraph 149). In particular, the assessments made by the Commission must be examined solely on the basis of the information available to the Commission at the time when those assessments were made (Joined Cases T-111/01 and T-133/01 Saxonia Edelmetalle and ZEMAG v Commission [2005] ECR II-1579, paragraph 67).
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